Grad at Wheel Held After Passenger Killed
A 16-year-old girl was killed and another teen arrested for felony drunk driving early Friday when their truck hit a guardrail after a night of celebration following a high school graduation.
Alexis Jayne Renea Wallace of Orange was pronounced dead at the scene on the westbound Garden Grove Freeway near the Santa Ana Freeway, authorities said.
The driver, Eric Hanson, was arrested following the 1:30 a.m. crash and taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries, as were two other passengers.
Hanson, 18, had graduated from El Modena High School in Orange.
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