17-Year-Old DUI Suspect Arrested After Deadly Crash In Tuolumne County

MI-WUK VILLAGE (CBS13) — A 17-year-old lad is suspected of DUI successful a clang that ejected and killed a rider from his pickup motortruck successful Tuolumne County connected Monday.

California Highway Patrol says, conscionable aft 8:30 p.m., the lad was driving westbound connected Highway 108 when, adjacent Koinonia Court successful the Mi-Wuk Village area, helium mislaid power connected a curve and deed an embankment.

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The clang caused the pickup motortruck to overturn – ejecting a rider who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, CHP says.

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Officers accidental the passenger, a 19-year-old Sonora man, was pronounced dormant astatine the scene; the operator suffered insignificant injuries.

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The driver, a Soulsbyville resident, has since been arrested and booked into juvenile hallway for felony DUI charges.