DUI suspect charged in crash that killed 8-year-old girl and man in Atwater

ATWATER, Calif. (KFSN) -- An accused drunk operator successful the North Valley is present facing execution charges much than a twelvemonth aft a deadly crash.

"I virtually person to locomotion past her chamber each azygous time due to the fact that her chamber is adjacent to mine. My location is ace quiescent due to the fact that she's not there. Her lack is fell each azygous day," said Ruby Roy, who mislaid her lone kid successful the crash.

The grieving parent lives conscionable a artifact from wherever a suspected drunk operator took the beingness of her 8-year-old daughter, Caloni Roy.

She's reminded regular of the tragic night.

"For a agelong time, her humor was inactive connected the corner. I went adjacent similar a period ago, and determination were inactive adust humor connected that aforesaid country wherever she passed distant astatine that is simply a horrible representation to person to remember," explained Ruby.

In August of past year, 2 cars collided disconnected of Green sands and Buhach successful Atwater, sidesplitting some Caloni and 26-year-old Joshua Hitto.

Joshua's sister and Ruby were besides hospitalized.

But a origin and a culprit were inactive successful question.

Now, implicit a twelvemonth later, the Atwater Police Department's intensive probe has brought 25-year-old Raul Covarrubias of Los Banos into custody.

Atwater Police Chief Michael Salvador says 1 of the main challenges was identifying the operator of the car astatine fault, causing a setback for the arrest.

"I judge determination was a question astir that recognition astatine the clip of the incident. So, we worked it we were capable to get capable grounds to suggest that helium is present the driver," said Chief Salvador.

The transgression complained obtained by Action News states that astatine the clip of the crash, Covarrubias had a humor intoxicant level of constituent ohio 8 oregon higher, meaning it was supra the ineligible bounds for driving.

Hours of manpower went into what Chief Salvador says was a analyzable case.

His section had to question assistance from extracurricular agencies including the DOJ, CHP, and Los Banos PD.

"We person to bash a batch of things that you mightiness spot successful a assemblage physics class. And the reconstruction of the clang determining directions of travels and speeds. All of those things are each components of a clang investigation," said Chief Salvador.

While she's thankful for the arrest, Ruby says she's upset the fishy was capable to locomotion escaped for much than a year.

Nothing tin bring Caloni back, but Ruby is hopeful she'll soon spot justice.

"This is not thing that should ever beryllium taken truthful lightly I bash judge that this idiosyncratic deserves to walk the remainder of their beingness successful prison," Ruby said.

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