Reply #126: DA adds felony DUI charge in fatal crash [View All]

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FREMONT — Prosecutors have tacked on an additional felony charge to a complaint that already alleges that a 22-year-old woman drove drunk last weekend and caused a crash that killed a 33-year-old mother of three.

In addition to gross vehicular manslaughter, Fremont resident Teresa Ann Martinez now faces a felony count of driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Authorities have not released the results of the test because they are awaiting the results of a more conclusive blood test.

Prosecutors originally charged her with a single count of vehicular manslaughter because it includes an element of DUI, but on Thursday added the other charge because it carries a stiffer sentence should Martinez be convicted.

Martinez was arrested early Saturday after police said she drove the wrong way on southbound Interstate 680 and caused a two-vehicle crash near the North Mission Boulevard exit....

Where is the outrage?

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