Posted on 01/17/2008 8:42:27 AM PST by Joiseydude
Man traveling 95 mph had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 when he slammed into a car driven by a father of four, police say.
A motorist's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when his speeding truck plowed into a man's car, killing the man, in Carson last week, sheriff's deputies said Tuesday.
Quirino Mateo Antonio, 30, of Lomita, who was driving 95 mph with a blood-alcohol level of 0.19, was charged Tuesday with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and drunken driving causing death and injury.
The legal limit for driving in California is 0.08.
"He's facing a lot of time," Carson sheriff's traffic Investigator Jon Tedder said.
The Jan. 8 crash killed Juan Gabriel Ontiveros, a 32-year-old husband and father of four who was on his way home from his trucking job in Wilmington at 3:30 a.m. Investigators said Antonio was at the wheel of a Toyota Tacoma that hit Ontiveros' 1987 Cadillac Coupe Deville broadside at Sepulveda Boulevard and Wilmington Avenue.
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State Department of Motor Vehicles records show the Mexican national had obtained a driver's license in February 2003, but state authorities later deemed it invalid. Records show officials had made a request that he show proof of his Social Security number to validate the license.
That request remained current Tuesday.
In August 2003, Antonio was deported from the United States after he was detained in San Ysidro and determined to be an illegal immigrant, authorities said.
Antonio was ordered to leave the country and told he could not return legally for five years.
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After living in several states, I must say that percentage wise the rudest drivers are in Colorado. The best are in California; but that’s using percentages. Texas has some good drivers, but they’re waving at you with one hand while the other holds a cell phone or CB mike.
I drive a lot and have seen a lot of idiocy from other drivers. I’ve noted that the pickup truck drivers are consistently the bravest. They tailgate more than SUV’s and weave more than others. I call them JIPU’s: Jerks in PickUps.
Here’s another new open border group.
http://www.matt.org/english/index.html
The voice of reason influencing policy
to improve US/Mexico relations.
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