OCEANSIDE, Calif.—A 9-year-old girl has died in a San Diego County freeway crash blamed on a man suspected of driving drunk.
California Highway Patrol Officer Steven Zelasco says a Lexus carrying the girl struck two cars and a big-rig shortly after 1 a.m. Monday on Interstate 5 in Oceanside.
The driver, 23-year-old Michael Wright Jr. of Commerce, had minor injuries and was arrested for investigation of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. The girl, who was in the back seat, died at a hospital. Her identity was not released.
Zelasco says the vehicles had slowed because of road work when the Lexus, doing more than 50 mph, rear-ended one and then hit two others.
Two other drivers had injuries but they were not serious.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Man Suspected Of DUI Death Of Girl In Custody
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- A 23-year-old Los Angeles man is in custody Tuesday on suspicion of killing his 9-year-old passenger when he drove drunk on a Carlsbad freeway, authorities said.
Michael J. Wright Jr. of Commerce in Los Angeles County was arrested shortly after the fatal crash, which occurred around 1 a.m. Monday on northbound Interstate 5 at Cassidy Street, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Nine-year-old Violet Rosenquist, also of Los Angeles County, was a rear seat passenger in a 2006 Lexus RS330 driven by Wright.
Wright is being held in the Vista jail on $300,000 bail on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence and other charges, according to jail records.
Wright allegedly failed to notice in time that vehicles were slowing down, then swerved to the right and crashed into a Dodge Caliber, hit a Honda CRV and slammed into the left rear of a big rig, the CHP reported.
Rosenquist was flown to Rady Children's Hospital, where she died minutes after arriving, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. Her relationship to Wright remained undisclosed early this morning.
The driver of the Dodge suffered minor injuries, while the Honda's driver was taken to Tri-City Medical Center with moderate injuries, according to the CHP and a Carlsbad fire dispatcher.
Wright is expected to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon at the Vista courthouse, according to jail records.
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Michael J. Wright Jr. of Commerce in Los Angeles County was arrested shortly after the fatal crash, which occurred around 1 a.m. Monday on northbound Interstate 5 at Cassidy Street, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Nine-year-old Violet Rosenquist, also of Los Angeles County, was a rear seat passenger in a 2006 Lexus RS330 driven by Wright.
Wright is being held in the Vista jail on $300,000 bail on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence and other charges, according to jail records.
Wright allegedly failed to notice in time that vehicles were slowing down, then swerved to the right and crashed into a Dodge Caliber, hit a Honda CRV and slammed into the left rear of a big rig, the CHP reported.
Rosenquist was flown to Rady Children's Hospital, where she died minutes after arriving, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. Her relationship to Wright remained undisclosed early this morning.
The driver of the Dodge suffered minor injuries, while the Honda's driver was taken to Tri-City Medical Center with moderate injuries, according to the CHP and a Carlsbad fire dispatcher.
Wright is expected to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon at the Vista courthouse, according to jail records.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
More DUI Enforcement on On Local Highway
SAN DIEGO — A law enforcement agency in San Diego’s north county is getting a grant to step up DUI enforcement along State Route 76.
The California Highway Patrol’s Oceanside office is getting 266,000 for increased DUI patrols and sobriety checkpoints along 38 miles of Route 76. There have been 13 deaths and 303 injuries related to DUI’s on the road in the past three years. Sergeant Tom Greenstone says the casinos in the area play a role in the crashes.
“We have a number of high incidences of crashes that are fatalities and DUI involved that we have been able to relate back to the casinos and not just one but all of them out there on the east side of I-15 on SR 76,” he said.
The grant comes from the State Office of Highway Safety. The extra enforcement measures will begin in September and last for about a year and a half.
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The California Highway Patrol’s Oceanside office is getting 266,000 for increased DUI patrols and sobriety checkpoints along 38 miles of Route 76. There have been 13 deaths and 303 injuries related to DUI’s on the road in the past three years. Sergeant Tom Greenstone says the casinos in the area play a role in the crashes.
“We have a number of high incidences of crashes that are fatalities and DUI involved that we have been able to relate back to the casinos and not just one but all of them out there on the east side of I-15 on SR 76,” he said.
The grant comes from the State Office of Highway Safety. The extra enforcement measures will begin in September and last for about a year and a half.
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