Drunk Driver Ran Away in Fatal Crash

A multiple car crash in Santa Ana has taken the life of an 18-year-old Anaheim woman who was riding on a vehicle hit by a drunk driver who fled the scene after the accident.

The 36-year-old Robert Charles Serrano was later arrested at a relative’s house while the teen, Corbin White, died at a hospital a day later after the crash.

Reports indicate that after leaving a bar, Serrano hit a Toyota Scion, where White was a passenger, which was stopped by the traffic light. The impact caused the Scion to hit a Chevrolet Malibu that was making a turn to the southbound lanes of Main. The BMW driven by Serrano then spun and hit the vehicle at the back of the Malibu.

The driver of the Scion, including White were both taken to the hospital to be treated for serious injuries. The other two drivers were unharmed while Serrano was apparently well enough to flee the scene on foot.

Serrano is detained and faces felony charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and fleeing an accident scene.

A young life is once again senselessly taken away because of the negligence of a drunk driver who doesn’t care enough to just take a cab home after drinking so as not to endanger other motorists.

Leaving License Plate after Drunk Driving Accident Made it Easy

We have read a lot about leaving a business or calling card whenever we figured in an accident. But this one is quite a calling card – the license plate of the car itself.

The driver of a pickup truck reportedly smashed his vehicle into another vehicle somewhere in Manteca, California. He caused injuries into two of its occupant in the process, and most especially leaving the license plate of his car, making it easy for the police to track him.

According to reports, the two occupants of the vehicle were Taiwanese couple who were on their way to Santa Clara when their car was broadsided by a pickup truck. The car driver fled from the scene of the accident.

But as he left his car’s license plate, the police readily tracked him and was booked after he failed the breathalyzer, sobriety and field sobriety tests. He was taken to jail.

The victim driver said he had no recollection whatsoever of what had happened. The driver’s fiancée suffered the greatest effect of the car accident which left her trapped in the right side of the car.

In the US, there are more than 6 million car accidents and from that figure, 42,642 lost their lives; one person dies every 13 minutes or 115 each day. Others suffer bodily injury, which range from temporary to permanent injuries.