Siblings, 9 and 10, die in mother’s suspected DUI crash in California wine country
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Two children are dead and their mother is in custody after authorities say she veered her car off a highway in Northern California wine country while driving drunk and slammed into a tree.
Yesica Barajas was arrested Sunday on suspicion of driving drunk after her car crashed while exiting Highway 29 in Napa at West Imola Avenue, news station KGO-TV reported.
Her children, Aaliyah Montanez, 9, and Damien Montanez, 10, were killed in the crash, KRON-TV reported.
Barajas, 31, was hospitalized with major injuries and was booked Monday night on suspicion of two counts of vehicular manslaughter and causing great bodily injury while driving intoxicated, jail records show.
“Damian & Aaliyah were sweet, loving, full of life kids who will be missed greatly,” a family friend wrote on a GoFundMe page set up to help cover funeral costs for the children. “They touched everyone they met.”
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