A 22-year-old Oceanside woman who allegedly drove under the influence and fatally struck a man who was changing a tire on the side of a freeway in Vista pleaded not guilty.
VISTA - A 22-year-old Oceanside woman who allegedly drove under the influence and fatally struck a man who was changing a tire on the side of a freeway in Vista pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that include gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Isabella Herrera is accused in the Feb. 26 crash that killed 63-year-old Oceanside resident Rafael Jurado Cardona. According to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office, the victim pulled over onto the side of eastbound state Route 78, west of Emerald Drive, to change a flat tire. As he was standing near his vehicle just before 10:30 a.m., a Buick sedan swerved and struck the center divider near where Jurado Cardona was stopped, the M.E.'s Office said.The sedan, described by the California Highway Patrol as a Buick Verano allegedly driven by Herrera, also struck the victim and his vehicle. Cardona was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the M.E.'s Office. Herrera was hospitalized for moderate injuries, the CHP said.
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