A suspected drunk driver was arrested after a two-vehicle crash that left a 13-year-old boy dead and others injured in Escondido on Saturday night, police said.
One of the involved drivers, identified as Escondido resident Alexander Tito Oroz, 20, was arrested for felony DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter, according to police
The collision happened just before 10 p.m. at the intersection of North Broadway and Country Club Lane, according to the Escondido Police Department. Officers found several people injured at the scene, and three of them — a man, a woman and a 13-year-old boy, all from Escondido — were taken to nearby hospitals. The teenager was pronounced deceased at Palomar Medical Center, police said.
Police believe alcohol was a factor in the crash. One of the involved drivers, identified as Escondido resident Alexander Tito Oroz, 20, was arrested for felony DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter, the department said in a news release.Oroz was taken to the hospital for medical release and was booked into the Vista Detention Facility. He was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter, DUI and child cruelty.No other details were immediately available.
Two other memorials — now weathered as the years have passed — eerily sit next to new skid marks. One of them is in memory of"It says 55, while 65 is OK," Sommer said."There's speeding all the time.""We've had a car coming around the corner here. A teenager hit a tree. It's no longer there, so there's a memorial there, so you got one, two, three, four, then we got a couple down the road a way," Sommer said.
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