The Region - News from Aug. 24, 1986
A 28-year-old Paramount woman was fatally injured when her car was broadsided by a suspected drunk driver who ran a red light, officials reported. Letticia Flores was pronounced dead at Charter Suburban Hospital about an hour after the pre-dawn accident at the intersection of Compton Boulevard and Garfield Avenue. Sheriff’s deputies arrested Christopher Dominguez, 24, of South Gate when he allegedly failed a field sobriety test, and later booked him on felony complaints of vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol.
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