‘If Alcohol Crosses Your Lips, Do Not Drive,’ Says Attorney For 4-Year-old Survivor In Sierra Wrong-Way Crash

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — An lawyer for the North Highlands family killed successful a wrong-way clang successful the Sierra says Julian Montano, the 4-year-old sole subsister successful that crash, is retired of the hospital.

Chelsea Monahan, the household attorney, said Julian is with extended family, his aunt and uncle Michelle and Anthony Gonzalez, who volition proceed to rise him moving forward.

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Monahan said Julian volition proceed down the roadworthy of betterment and that his “injuries see but are not constricted to aggregate fractures and caput trauma.”

Less than a period since this tragedy, Monahan said the family’s North Highlands location was burglarized.

“The Montano’s person present been victimized again by an alleged break-in and theft astatine Julian’s household home,” said Monahan. 

Officers who archetypal responded to the clang country with California Highway Patrol accidental that time was not easy, adjacent for archetypal responders and their thoughts and prayers are with the family. A spokesperson for the Gold Run country CHP bureau said the officers who analyse these kinds of incidents are quality and deliberation astir victims and their families, adjacent aft an probe is done.

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“Certain things impact you successful antithetic ways, particularly erstwhile children are progressive for the guys and gals that person children themselves,” said CHP Officer Chris Nave.

Nave said professionalism and the probe travel first, but successful incidents with children, it is particularly important to get the enactment right.

“You ever privation determination was much you could’ve done,” said Nave erstwhile talking astir accidents that impact a operator nether the power of intoxicant oregon drugs.

He said, the connection from CHP is simple: don’t thrust nether the influence.

The alleged wrong-way driver, 32-year-old Antelope nonmigratory Michael Kelley, is present facing charges of execution and driving nether the influence. CHP reports that Kelley was connected probation.

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On Wednesday, the Nevada County District Attorney’s bureau announced it has filed charges of 4 counts of execution against Kelley. Read the afloat transgression ailment here.

Madisen Keavy