SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CBS 8) - A man accused of being drunk when he plowed into the back of a car on the side of a San Diego freeway New Year's Day, killing a pregnant woman and her unborn child and injuring two others, was charged Wednesday with vehicular manslaughter and DUI.
Joseph Anthony Venegas, 40, was charged with one count of gross vehicular manslaughter and two counts of DUI causing injury, prosecutors said.
Venegas, who was not in court Wednesday, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday because he is currently in medical isolation, authorities said.
The defendant is accused of driving drunk when he hit the car Elaina Luquis-Ortiz, 21, and two friends were sitting in while waiting for assistance at the side of Interstate 805 near Home Avenue. The two other adults received serious injuries.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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