Carlo Adrian Navarro was driving drunk underage on Halloween night 2019 when he ran down Joseph Awaida, Raihan Dakhil Awaida and their 3-year-old son, Omar, in Long Beach.
The horrors of the crash and the fact that 20-year-old Carlo Navarro was behind the wheel were never in dispute at trial. His mindset is the key question for jurors.
Trial began Thursday for Carlo Navarro, the underage driver accused of crashing into 3-year-old Omar Awaida and his parents while they walked home from trick-or-treating in 2019.