Wrong-way driver was going more than 100 mph, witnesses say [View all]
Source: LA Times
A suspected drunk driver going in the wrong direction on the 60 Freeway in Diamond Bar was traveling faster than 100 mph when she caused an accident early Sunday that killed six people, witnesses told the California Highway Patrol.
Olivia Carolee Culbreath, 21, of Fontana, has been arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence and felony manslaughter, said Rodrigo Jimenez, a CHP spokesman.
Culbreath is in serious but stable condition at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center with a broken femur and a ruptured bladder, Jimenez said. She was conscious and was questioned by authorities, Jimenez added.
She was heading east on the westbound 60 Freeway about 4:40 a.m. when her red Chevrolet Camaro collided head-on with a red Ford Explorer, authorities said. Another vehicle was also involved in the accident, Jimenez said. At least two people were ejected from their vehicles, he said.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-wrong-way-driver-crash-20140209,0,563460.story
Also reported by the AP: 6 die in multi-car crash on S. California freeway
San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Six killed in wrong-way crash on 60 Freeway in Diamond Bar; Fontana woman arrested
KABC-TV: Diamond Bar wrong-way freeway crash leaves 6 dead; driver arrested for DUI, manslaughter
And I had just watched the Democracy Now segment about the Texas teenager who got a light sentence for DUI manslaughter for an "affluenza defense". I hope this driver can't use it!
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