Drunk Driver Guilty in Death of 3 People
An accused drunk driver whose speeding car killed three people returning from a 1987 Christmas shopping trip in Glendale was convicted Friday of manslaughter.
The Pasadena Superior Court jury, however, was unable to reach a verdict on second-degree murder charges against Aram Barsumyan.
Barsumyan, 30, was found guilty of three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and four other felony charges in connection with a Dec. 19, 1987, crash on Los Feliz Boulevard in Glendale.
Police said Barsumyan’s car was speeding when he lost control of it and swerved into another lane, crashing head-on into a car carrying a family on a shopping trip.
Killed in the crash were Francisco Cruz, 42 of Azusa; his wife, Olga Yolanda Cruz, 31, and Olga’s sister, Maria Hernandez, 33, of Los Angeles. The Cruz’s two children were injured.
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