Mom pleads not guilty to DUI crash in Deer Springs that killed 5-year-old daughter
A mother pleaded not guilty to charges following a crash in Deer Springs on July 14 that left one of her children dead and her two other children critically injured.
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VISTA (CNS) - A 27-year-old woman who allegedly drove while under the influence and crashed her car off Interstate 15 in Bonsall, killing her 5-year- old daughter and critically injuring her two toddlers, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that include murder.
Kapri Raven Coleman is accused in last Wednesday s crash, in which the California Highway Patrol said her 2009 Hyundai Genesis veered off the freeway shortly before 2:30 a.m.
Kapri Raven Coleman is accused in last Wednesday’s crash, in which the California Highway Patrol said her 2009 Hyundai Genesis veered off the freeway shortly before 2:30 a.m.
VISTA (KUSI) – A 27-year-old woman who allegedly drove while under the influence and crashed her car off Interstate 15 in Bonsall, killing her 5-year- old daughter and critically injuring her two toddlers, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that include murder.
Kapri Raven Coleman is accused in last Wednesday’s crash, in which the California Highway Patrol said her 2009 Hyundai Genesis veered off the freeway shortly before 2:30 a.m.
The sedan overturned and tumbled down an embankment, ejecting two of Coleman’s daughters, ages 5 and 3. The older girl died at the scene.
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The mother suspected of drunken driving in an early Wednesday morning freeway crash that killed her 5-year-old daughter and critically injured her two younger children was identified Thursday as Kapri Raven Coleman.
The 27-year-old San Diego resident was being held in lieu of $1 million bail Thursday night ahead of a scheduled arraignment Friday afternoon at a Vista courthouse. Jail records showed she was being held on suspicion of four felonies, including gross vehicular manslaughter, DUI resulting in death and child cruelty.
According to the California Highway Patrol, Coleman was the driver of a 2009 Hyundai Genesis that around 2:25 a.m. Wednesday veered off the right shoulder of north Interstate 15 near Gopher Canyon Road. The car plunged at least 150 feet down the hillside, where it overturned.
Freeway shootings across Southern California prompt CHP investigation
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - What we re asking from the public is victims of this immediately call 911 and give us their exact location and time and description even if it s just a description of the vehicles around them, CHP Officer Florentin Olivera said.
CHP investigating wave of freeway shootings in SoCal We are looking at the traffic cameras for leads, but need people to help us he adds. Some drivers actually report being hit after they get off the freeway, so investigators are not sure if those are related to the on-freeway series, which extends mostly along the 91 freeway.