California IN BRIEF : GILROY : 2 New Witnesses Tell of Gallo Wreck

Two new witnesses say the wife of Gallo Winery co-owner Julio Gallo did not cross a highway center line before a fatal traffic accident, the California Highway Patrol reported. The CHP previously said two other witnesses claimed Aileen Gallo drove across the center line, causing the Jan. 2 crash on Pacheco Pass that killed the other driver, Sharon Kauk, 27, of San Jose. An attorney representing the Gallos told CHP investigators the new witnesses reported having seen the wreck, a CHP spokesman said. He said the new witnesses are a 17-year-old Salinas youth and a 23-year-old man from Modesto, the city 50 miles northeast of the accident scene that is headquarters for Gallo, the world’s largest winery. The CHP spokesman said the two reported that Kauk’s car drifted into the path of the eastbound Lincoln Town Car driven by Aileen Gallo along California 152.