ALPINE — A 25-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man were killed in Alpine early Monday in a crash involving a suspected drunken driver.

The woman was identified as Angela Cherene August of Alpine, officials with the Medical Examiner’s Office said.

August was heading east on Interstate 8 just west of Tavern Road about 3 a.m. when for unknown reasons she lost control of her 2009 Toyota Yaris and the car rolled over and ended up in the fast lane, California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings said.

The man, who was driving a Chevy Silverado, either collided with the woman’s car or had stopped to help and was standing on the highway when a woman in an Audi A6 crashed into the Yaris, Pennings said.

The collision killed the man, who was from El Centro, as well as August who was still inside the car, Pennings said.

His identity has not yet been released.

The Audi driver, identified as 30-year-old Sunny Hall of El Cajon, was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, Pennings said.

She was booked into jail and could face several charges, Pennings said.

The roadway was closed and traffic was diverted onto Alpine Boulevard until about 6 a.m. as authorities investigated and the wreckage was cleared.

Cause of the Alpine Crash

A preliminary investigation showed that the driver was under the influence of alcohol. According to Officer Pennings of the California Highway Patrol the driver of the Audi was booked into jail and could face several charges. Members of the department’s Major Accident Investigation Team investigated.

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A 20-year-old passenger died early Saturday, June 9, in a car accident that injured the 18-year-old driver, police said.
Jonathan Cuevas of Riverside died in the 2:05 a.m. accident, coroner’s officials reported. He was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected, the coroner’s office said.

Riverside Police officers went to Arlington Avenue west of Fairhaven Drive to investigate reports of a major injury traffic collision near Crestlawn Memorial Park in the city’s La Sierra neighborhood.
According to a witness, the 1995 Isuzu Rodeo was driving east on Arlington at a high rate of speed, a police news release stated. As the vehicle rounded the curve in the roadway, the driver lost control and the vehicle rolled numerous times, the release stated.

Cause of the Riverside Crash

A preliminary investigation showed that the driver was under the influence of alcohol, police said. The driver was in serious condition at Riverside Community Hospital. Members of the department’s Major Accident Investigation Team investigated.

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A 43-year-old San Jose woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning on Interstate 5 west of San Joaquin, the California Highway Patrol said.

The woman, who has not been identified, was driving a 2000 GMC on Interstate 5 south of the Hudson Avenue over crossing when a vehicle driven by Ajit Singh Deol, 55, of Roseville, hit her from behind.

The GMC lost traction and rolled into the center median, the CHP said. The woman suffered fatal injuries. Her 11-year-old passenger received minor abrasions to both arms and was taken to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno for treatment.

A 23-year-old man was killed early Sunday when his car was hit by a suspected drunk driver on the 60 Freeway in Diamond Bar, the California Highway Patrol said.

The incident occurred at about 2 a.m. on the eastbound 60 just west of Brea Canyon Road.

George Deirkarkourian of Diamond Bar, was driving a 2001 Ford and had slowed because of traffic when he was rear-ended by a speeding 2012 BMW driven by Sheng-Ting Shih, 32, of Walnut, officials said.

The collision propelled the Ford into the rear and side of two other vehicles. Deirkarkourian suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene.

Shih was arrested and booked at the sheriff’s Walnut station on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. A 30-year-old female passenger in the BMW was transported to San Dimas Community Hospital for precautionary reasons.

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Three Bay Area residents on their way home from a funeral were killed in an eight-car pileup on Highway 101 in Monterey County that police are blaming on a drunken driver.

Vivian Ramirez, 42, lost control of her southbound Ford SUV, swerved across the dirt median and slammed into the family’s two-car caravan near Jolon Road, said Highway Patrol Officer Zoltan Treiner.

Ramirez was intoxicated and lost control of the car after reaching for her cell phone just before the Wednesday night crash, police said.

Four people were in the first car, a Volkswagen sedan driven by Rafael Llamas, 37, who died after he was ejected through the windshield. Passenger Graciela Llamas, 39, also died at the scene. Both lived in Napa. A second passenger, Maria Ochoa, 53, of Pleasanton died Thursday at Fresno Community Hospital.

The Volkswagen’s fourth passenger, who is also from Pleasanton, is clinging to life at San Jose Regional Medical Center, authorities said.

It is unclear how the four victims were related, authorities said.

Police say Ramirez also smashed head-on with the second car in the family’s caravan. One passenger in that 2009 Toyota was taken to Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries.

Ramirez, a resident of Gonzales (Monterey County), was taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center with major injuries. Once she is released from the hospital she’ll be arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence, Treiner said.

Investigators will not know the amount of alcohol in her blood for a few days, Treiner said.

Another car driving north hit with the engine that had been ripped out of the Volkswagen. That car ran into another car, which flipped onto its side. No one in either of those cars was seriously injured.

Three other cars traveling north on 101 hit each other as they tried to avoid the crash, Treiner said. Both drivers and a passenger suffered minor injuries.

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DANA POINT – Alcohol and unsafe speed were the primary causes of a Dana Point crash that killed three Camp Pendleton-based U.S. Marines and left a fourth serviceman fighting for his life, a sheriff’s spokesman said Wednesday.

The rain-slick roadway was a lesser contributing factor to the crash that occurred at 2:05 a.m. Tuesday, said Jim Amormino of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

He said the lone survivor, who was behind the wheel, remains in extremely critical condition at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo.

The Marines were in a Dodge Stratus that crashed into a tree at Golden Lantern Street just past Terra Vista. It took firefighters about 20 minutes to cut through the wreckage to get to the servicemen, who were all in their early 20s, according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Marc Stone.

The two men in the back seat were declared dead at the scene, and the driver and another man in the front passenger seat were taken to Mission Hospital, where the passenger was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

The Stratus was northbound on Golden Lantern at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control of the car, which hit a curb before slamming into a tree just past Terra Vista, Amormino said. The names of the victims were expected to be released late this afternoon by military officials.