A woman who drove drunk and caused a freeway crash in Carlsbad last year that killed a married couple from Northern California was sentenced Friday to nearly a dozen years in state prison.
Angela Marie Hays, 29, of Corona, pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI charges in connection with the Jan. 13 crash that killed Jose Geraldo Lozano and Luz Maria Duran Rios, both of Richmond in Contra Costa County.
The California Highway Patrol said the victims were in a Jeep Grand Cherokee heading south on Interstate 5 when Hays crashed into them just before 4 a.m., causing their Jeep to overturn. Another car then also struck the victims’ overturned vehicle.
Rios died at the scene, while Lozano was taken to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
Hays was arrested later that day. She pleaded guilty in December to all five counts she faced and was sentenced in Vista Superior Court Friday to 11 years and eight months in prison.
A GoFundMe page created by one of Lozano’s sons states the couple was traveling to Los Cabos, Mexico, when the crash occurred. They left behind six children and eight grandchildren, according to the page.
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