Charges Filed in Death of MADD Director’s Son
Prosecutors filed charges of murder, vehicular manslaughter and drunk driving Wednesday against a San Jose-area man who police said was drunk when his Cadillac smashed head-on into a pickup, killing the son of the Los Angeles director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Darshan Grewal, a 42-year-old lab technician who has two previous drunk driving convictions, was charged with causing the high-speed collision last Saturday on California 18 in the Antelope Valley just west of the San Bernardino County line.
The crash killed Adam R. DeJesus, 19, of Canoga Park, whose mother is Marcy DeJesus, head of the Los Angeles chapter of the nationwide organization.
Grewal remained in fair condition at San Bernardino County Hospital in San Bernardino, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was to be transferred today to that county’s jail ward, said Deputy Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Robert Foltz.
Shanya Roberson, 19, a passenger in DeJesus’ truck, was in fair condition at Palmdale Hospital Medical Center.
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