Driver pleads guilty to manslaughter in Poway DUI crash that killed passenger [Breaking]
A man who drove drunk and crashed a car into a traffic pole in Poway, killing his passenger, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that include gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Jordan Bourassa, 24, had a blood-alcohol level of .33 percent — over four times the legal driving limit in California of .08 percent — a few hours after the fatal crash, according to Deputy District Attorney Taylor Morrison.Bourassa was driving east on Twin Peaks Road, near Community Road, just before 3:30 a.m. when the car went off the side of the road, hit a signal light pole and overturned.
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