Driver Accused of Killing Woman While Drunk, Drugged Arraigned - Patch.com

A motorist accused of killing a woman in a drug- and alcohol-fueled wrong-way crash on the Moreno Valley (60) Freeway pleaded not guilty Thursday to gross vehicular manslaughter and other felonies. Mariah Krystal Guzman, 25, of Colton could face more than 12 years in prison if convicted in the June 9, 2014, death of 31-year-old Erika Cuevas of San Jacinto. Along with the manslaughter count, Guzman is charged with DUI resulting in great bodily injury, possession of marijuana for sale and sentence-enhancing allegations of causing death or injury to multiple victims in the same crime and using a deadly... Suspected DUI Driver Arrested in Death of Woman in MoVal Freeway Crash Woman Killed in MoVal Crash with Suspect DUI Driver Identified as San Jacinto Resident The defendant appeared with her attorney before Riverside County Superior Court Judge... According to the California Highway Patrol, the defendant was at the wheel of a 2001 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck when she entered the 60 via Moreno Beach Drive going west in the eastbound lanes shortly before 2 a. m. Guzman managed to cross the... Cuevas was going about 65 mph as she approached the accident scene in her 2014 Kia Forte and apparently never saw the pickup, slamming into it head- on,. Source: patch.com