| For Immediate Release Case # 10NF1615
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DRUNKEN DRIVER TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR KILLING MOTORIST BY CRASHING INTO VICTIM AFTER RUNNING RED LIGHT
FULLERTON – A drunken driver will be arraigned today on charges of killing another motorist by driving through a red light and crashing into the victim in an intersection. Alice Darlene Moya, 21, Lynwood, is charged with one felony count of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated without gross negligence and faces a maximum sentence of four years in state prison if convicted. Moya is out of custody on $100,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned this morning, Thursday, June 17, 2010, in Department N-3, North Justice Center, Fullerton.
At approximately 2:30 a.m. on April 24, 2010, Moya is accused of driving home in her Honda sedan from a party in the city of South Gate while under the influence of alcohol. As the defendant approached the intersection of Gilbert Street and Rosecrans Avenue in Fullerton, she is accused of driving through a red light and crashing into a Toyota sedan driven by 56-year-old Sae Jun Koh.
Moya sustained minor abrasions as a result of the crash. Koh was transported to University of California, Irvine Medical Center, where he died on May 17, 2010, due to swelling in the brain and blunt force trauma.
When contacted by officers from the Fullerton Police Department at the scene, Moya is accused of displaying objective signs of intoxication and having a blood alcohol level of .14 percent. The defendant was 20 years old at the time of the crash.
Deputy District Attorney Susan Price of the Homicide Unit is prosecuting this case.
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