Category: fatal DUI

Man Charged With DUI in Fatal Wrong-Way Crash in Tustin

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 21-year-old man was charged Oct. 4 with manslaughter and drunken driving in a wrong-way crash that killed a 22-year-old woman on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Tustin. The California Highway Patrol received calls that Dylan Erric Robinson was driving a 2015 Toyota Prius northbound in the southbound diamond lane on the…


Woman Suspected of DUI-Related Crash That Killed One in Lake Elsinore

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Santa Ana woman is believed to have caused a DUI-related crash in Lake Elsinore, in Riverside County, that killed one person and hospitalized two others, authorities said Aug. 15. Thirty-two-year-old Margarita Rosales fled the scene but was arrested a short time later, said Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Brad Foster. The two-vehicle crash…


Man Convicted of DUI-Fatal Crash That Killed Editor in Santa Ana

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 31-year-old previously convicted drunk driver was found guilty Aug. 2 of second-degree murder for an alcohol-fueled crash that killed a veteran newspaper editor near his Santa Ana home two years ago. Louie Robert Villa was also convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, and DUI with a blood-alcohol level…


Man Faces Murder Charge Following Fatal DUI Crash in Newport Beach

A 28-year-old man with three previous driving under the influence convictions is facing a life sentence in jail after allegedly striking and killing a 74-year-old man with his car. The victim, Richard Frost, was fatally wounded about 4 p.m. April 10, after his car was struck by a Chevy Malibu on Newport Boulevard, the Orange County…