A court case involving the tragic death of 25-year-old woman on Route 52 in San Diego continued today. The defendant is accused of driving with an alcohol level around .2 percent, which exceeds the state legal limit of .08 percent. She allegedly crossed the highway's dividing line and collided her truck with a smaller vehicle. DUI cases in San Diego are treated very seriously by the police and prosecutors. Drunk driving incidents that involve the serious injury or death of another can be met with prison sentences of years or decades. In this case, the defendant faces up to 10 years if convicted. Life altering cases like these require legal representation from a DUI attorney who has extensive experience in this area of the law.
Here are some of the details according to CBS8 News:
"SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A woman who allegedly drove the wrong way while
drunk on state Route 52, causing a head-on crash that killed the other
driver, pleaded not guilty Thursday to a felony charge of gross
vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
April Thompson, 23, was ordered held on $250,000 bail. She faces up to 10 years in state prison if convicted.
Deputy District Attorney Michael Runyon said Thompson was driving
westbound in the eastbound lanes of state Route 52 around 1 a.m. last
Saturday when she crashed her Chevrolet truck head-on into a 1970
Volkswagen Beetle driven by 25-year-old Jayme Alan Midlam. He died at
the scene and Thompson was treated at a hospital for moderate injuries."
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