DUI Suspect Faces Vehicular Homicide Charges
A 31-year-old man is facing vehicular homicide charges for the allegedly drunk-driving related deaths of a Marine and his pregnant wife in Los Angeles.
Police say Jose Onesimo Cruz was fleeing a wreck with another motorist on Saturday night when he ran a red light and struck the car with 19-year-old Jimmy Guzman his 18-year-old wife Maria Goya inside.
Guzman was a Marine scheduled to be deployed to Iraq in December. Goya was seven months pregnant. Both died from their injuries.
Police say Cruz’s pickup truck had earlier hit another car, whose driver chased him for three miles. He allegedly ran a light and hit Guzman and Goya’s car during that chase
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