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 driver accused of recording fatal DUI-crash expected in court Wednesday
An 18-year-old Stockton woman accused of driving drunk while recording the crash last week that killed her younger sister is expected to make her first appearance in court Wednesday. Obdulia … Click to Continue »
Read More »Teenage driver livestreams fatal car wreck and sister’s last moments
18-year-old Obdulia Sanchez was shooting live video with her cell phone while driving near Merced, California. She was rolling when the car went off the road and flipped, killing her teenage sister. She kept shooting video after her sister died. The California Highway Patrol has not confirmed the validity of …
Read More »Driver arrested in deadly Merced County crash streamed on social media, CHP confirms
A Stockton woman who apparently live-streamed a crash Friday in which her sister died remains in Merced County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Driver dies in fiery crash in Merced County
A driver who ran a stop sign outside of Dos Palos died early Tuesday morning after colliding with a tractor-trailer, sparking a fire in the pickup the California Highway Patrol … Click to Continue »
Read More »Woman killed in accident after driver falls asleep, CHP says
A 44-year-old woman from Salinas was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the way to visit a family member in jail on Sunday evening, according to California Highway Patrol officials. … Click to Continue »
Read More »CHP says driver confusion led to Highway 152 crash, fire
The driver of the truck that crashed and exploded Wednesday near Chowchilla told investigators he made a wrong turn taking the Highway 152 westbound ramp. The California Highway Patrol said … Click to Continue »
Read More »Truck driver killed in crash identified; cleanup and repairs begin on Bell Lane
The driver killed Tuesday in a fiery tanker-truck explosion was a 57-year-old Hughson man, the Merced County Coroner’s Office confirmed. Kamkyo Ramon Gnotsavath, 57, was headed to the Arco gas … Click to Continue »
Read More »Tanker-truck driver killed in Atwater crash that sprayed out ‘an ocean of fire’
A tanker truck loaded with thousands of gallons of fuel raced off Highway 99 in Atwater on Tuesday morning, overturned and burst into flames, spraying waves of fire at least … Click to Continue »
Read More »Driver killed in truck explosion in Atwater
The driver of a truck was killed after it exploded while exiting Highway 99 in Atwater on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Driver killed when tanker truck crashes and catches fire near Applegate Road and Highway 99 in Atwater
The driver of a tanker truck full of gasoline died according to the California Highway Patrol, when his vehicle overturned and caught fire near Applegate Road and Highway 99 in Atwater, Calif., on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dash cam captures erratic driver on Highway 70. Later, he gets caught
This dash cam video shot on May 16, 2017, shows a driver using the center turn lane on Highway 70 as a passing lane. This driver was speeding in excess of 90 mph, according to the commuter who shot the video. According to the California Highway Patrol, dispatchers received several …
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