Tuesday, August 28, 2007
California Man faces Felony Drunk Driving Charges
California Drunk Driving Defense Lawyer news
A California man is charged with felony drunken driving causing death after an Idaho woman died in a weekend crash in southern Nevada.
Henderson police say an officer tried to stop a white Scion after it was allegedly swerving (on Greenway Road near Boulder Highway) about 2 p.m. Sunday.
Police say the car sped away.
Officials say the officer didn't chase the car -- but followed in the same direction.
That's when the car slammed into a light pole at Water Street and Church Street.
The Clark County coroner's office says 20-year-old Cami K. Coronado, of Idaho Falls, was pronounced dead at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas.
Police say 23-year-old John Wayne Ascencio of Chino California was taken to St. Rose Sienna Hospital in Henderson. That's where he was arrested for felony DUI.
A California man is charged with felony drunken driving causing death after an Idaho woman died in a weekend crash in southern Nevada.
Henderson police say an officer tried to stop a white Scion after it was allegedly swerving (on Greenway Road near Boulder Highway) about 2 p.m. Sunday.
Police say the car sped away.
Officials say the officer didn't chase the car -- but followed in the same direction.
That's when the car slammed into a light pole at Water Street and Church Street.
The Clark County coroner's office says 20-year-old Cami K. Coronado, of Idaho Falls, was pronounced dead at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas.
Police say 23-year-old John Wayne Ascencio of Chino California was taken to St. Rose Sienna Hospital in Henderson. That's where he was arrested for felony DUI.
# posted by SanDiegoDUI @ 6:31 PM 
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