Obdulia Sanchez, 18, of Stockton, appears before judge David W. Moranda during a pre-preliminary hearing at the Robert M. Falasco Justice Center, a branch of the Merced County Superior Court in Los Banos, Calif., Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Sanchez has been charged with DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter for a …
Read More »Live stream, alleged DUI may not have caused deadly crash, defense attorney says
The defense attorney for Obdulia Sanchez – the 18-year-old Stockton woman accused of driving drunk while recording the crash last month that killed her younger sister – said on Friday … Click to Continue »
Read More »Chowchilla man killed in fiery highway crash in Fresno
A Chowchilla man was killed early Tuesday in a solo vehicle crash along a Highway 41 interchange in Fresno. The California Highway Patrol said the man – identified later by … Click to Continue »
Read More »Criminal charges filed in deadly Merced County bus crash
The Merced County District Attorney’s Office filed four felony charges against the driver in a deadly Highway 99 bus crash last year that left four people dead and injured several … Click to Continue »
Read More »Two people injured in motor home crash in Merced County
Two people were flown to a Modesto hospital with moderate to major injuries on Monday Aug. 31, 2017 after being involved in a car crash on Highway 152 in Gustine on Monday, California Highway Patrol reported. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »
Read More »Two people injured in motor home crash in Merced County
Two people were flown to a Modesto hospital after crash on Highway 152 in Gustine on Monday, California Highway Patrol reported. At around 11:30 a.m. a motor home and a … Click to Continue »
Read More »21-year-old man killed in crash outside Merced
A Planada man was killed Sunday night when his car crashed into two utility poles on the outskirts of Merced, the California Highway Patrol reported. The driver was identified Monday … Click to Continue »
Read More »Family ‘not mad’ at daughter accused of live-streaming fatal crash, attorney says
A Merced County judge Friday refused to lower the bail for a teenager who authorities said was drunk last week when she live-streamed both herself driving and the aftermath of … Click to Continue »
Read More »Driver in deadly live-streamed crash kicked, spit at first responders, reports show
Obdulia Sanchez, the 18-year-old Stockton woman accused of live-streaming a crash that killed her younger sister, spit at law enforcement at the scene of the crash and kicked an emergency … Click to Continue »
Read More »Teen driver who streamed crash, sister’s death charged with DUI, gross vehicular manslaughter
Obdulia Sanchez, 18, of Stockton, appears over a video feed before Judge David Moranda, as she is arraigned on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI, at the Robert M. Falasco Justice Center, in Los Banos, Calif., on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Sanchez was driving a white Buick Century when …
Read More »Teen driver in live-streamed crash had blood-alcohol level of .10, DA says
Obdulia Sanchez’s blood alcohol concentration was 0.1 percent when she apparently was live streaming and crashed the car she was driving, resulting in her younger sister’s death, prosecutors said Wednesday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Teen who streamed crash, sister’s death charged with DUI, gross vehicular manslaughter
The Merced County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday morning filed charges of gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI against Obdulia Sanchez, the teen driver accused of crashing her car while apparently … Click to Continue »
Read More »Parents of teen in live-streamed Los Banos crash in disbelief
Nicandro and Gloria Sanchez discuss the heartache after learning their daughter, Obdulia Sanchez, 18, was behind the wheel and live-streaming before the vehicle she was in crashed, killing her 14-year-old sister Jacqueline Sanchez. (KFSN-TV/Fresno) … Click to Continue »
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