Wrong Way Driver Crash 60 Way
A Fontana woman accused of driving the wrong way on two freeways while drunk and causing a crash that killed six people is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on six counts of murder.Olivia Carolee Culbreath, 21, is accused of causing the early morning crash on Feb. 9 by driving a red Chevrolet Camaro the wrong direction on the 60 Freeway in Diamond Bar before smashing into a Ford Explorer.seeing a woman driving the wrong way on the 57 and 60 freeways in the minutes before the deadly crash, authorities said. Police said witnesses told them the car was driven by Culbreath and appeared to be going more than 100 mph.Culbreath and Joel Cortez, the driver of a third vehicle caught in the crash, were the only survivors. Four family members in the Ford Explorer were killed. They as Gregorio Mejia-Martinez, 47; Leticia Ibarra, 42; Jessica Jasmine Mejia, 20, and Ester Delgado, 80. Culbreath’s passengers - her sister Maya, 24, and a friend, Kristin Melissa Young, 21 - were also killed.Culbreath suffered a broken femur and ruptured bladder in the crash, officials said. She was transferred to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Twin Towers jail after recovering from her injuries at a hospital.She is being held in lieu of $6-million bail.At 17, in San Bernardino County, California Department of Motor Vehicles officials said.
State records also show that she was cited for traffic violations at least two other times.
Wrong Way Crash Video
The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a wrong-way driver was arrested Monday night on the US 60 after causing several crashes.DPS says the driver, 32-year-old Trent Walker, was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes near Val Vista Road around 7:45 p.m. And crashed into at least five vehicles before correcting their direction.RELATED:Walker allegedly traveled seven miles in the wrong direction before correcting himself. DPS arrested him on the Val Vista Drive off-ramp moments later.DPS says impairment is suspected in the incident.Walker admitted to consuming 15 to 20 gel tablets of cough medicine at one time, according to court documents. DPS said lab results of the driver are pending.stopped & arrested by our troopers alongat Val Vista. Impairment hasn't been ruled out.— Dept. Public Safety (@ArizonaDPS)Walker was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. No other drivers or occupants were injured after Walker allegedly caused five collisions, according to court documents.“My cousin screamed.
I looked forward, and there’s just headlights coming at me. If he didn’t scream-I mean, I was trying to put two and two together. It’s not normal to see lights coming at you,' said Sean Flook, a driver who swerved to avoid the wrong way driver.Several drivers told ABC15 that the suspect got on to the US-60 on the off-ramp at Country Club and wedged himself between vehicles, crashing into the vehicles, to get onto the highway the wrong way.“He (suspect) was talking on the phone. He had a deer in the headlights kind of look and didn’t look like anything was going to stop him. He just kept going,' said a man who did not want to be identified.
He says the suspect crashed into his car.Walker will be charged with at least five counts of hit and run, and nine counts of endangerment according to DPS. More charges are still possible in the case.Stay with ABC15 and ABC15.com for the latest on this developing situation.