Woman Killed In Suspected DUI Crash, Driver Arrested

MONTEREY COUNTY, CA — A Santa Cruz County man suspected of drunk driving crashed head-on into another car in northern Monterey County on Tuesday night, killing his front-seat passenger, California Highway Patrol officers said.

Freedom resident Bryan Garcia, 20, caused major facial trauma and lower extremities of his back-seat passenger and blunt trauma to the face, head and legs of the driver of the car he crashed into, a 20-year-old woman from El Cajon, in San Diego County.

Garcia was driving a 2010 Honda Accord south on San Miguel Canyon Road, approaching Hambey Lane, in the unincorporated community of Prunedale, when he crossed the double yellow lines, crashing into a silver 2011 Nissan Sentra driving north.

The Accord continued south and turned over before coming to a rest on its roof, trapping all three occupants inside, CHP officers said. Fire crews pronounced the woman dead at the scene. Garcia broke his legs in the crash and he suffered blunt trauma to the face.

All three survivors were taken to Natividad Medical Center for treatment of major injuries. Garcia was arrested, according to CHP.

By Bay City News

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