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Marzia L. Barboza of Long Beach was arrested Saturday night time after the lethal wreck on the westbound 91 close to McKinley Street in Corona.
Eulalia Cazares Barragan, 48, of Corona was fatally injured within the crash, whereas 4 individuals had been severely injured.
Barboza was present process remedy for average accidents however technically beneath arrest on the hospital on suspicion of DUI leading to nice bodily harm or dying.
She will likely be monitored by California Highway Patrol officers across the clock till cleared for reserving, company spokesman Officer Javier Navarro stated.
According to Navarro, simply earlier than 11 p.m. Saturday, a BMW 528i and a Hyundai sedan had been concerned in a collision on the westbound 91, simply west of McKinley, and the drivers of each automobiles pulled to the shoulder, the place all the occupants obtained out and waited alongside the shoulder for roadside help.
Barboza was on the wheel of her Nissan Altima, touring on the westbound 91 at an unconfirmed velocity, when she allowed the automotive to float proper, the place it “struck the left rear of the BMW,” Navarro alleged.
“After the preliminary impression, the BMW was pushed into the trail of the 5 pedestrians who had been standing on the best shoulder filth embankment,” he stated.
Barragan, who had been within the Hyundai, suffered huge bodily trauma when the BMW hit her.
Navarro stated that Corona Fire Department paramedics pronounced her dead on the scene minutes later.
“The different 4 pedestrians had been transported to an area hospital with main accidents,” the CHP spokesman stated.
Barboza was taken to a different medical facility. The nature of her accidents was not disclosed.
Background info on the suspect additionally wasn’t accessible.
It was unknown when she is perhaps cleared for reserving into jail.
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