Underage drinking and driving blamed for several deadly crashes in Fresno County

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A fig of deadly crashes successful the Valley successful caller days person progressive underage drivers who were allegedly nether the influence.

It's thing Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) says is each excessively common.

"80 percent of my occupation is underage drinking prevention whether that beryllium impairment from alcohol, impairment from cannabis, impairment from aesculapian medicine pills, the acquisition is not there. It is lacking," said Jasmin Rivas, a programme specializer with. MADD.

On November 27, conscionable 1 time earlier Thanksgiving, a fatal clang happened northbound of Reedley.

Both the operator and the passenger, some 18 years old, were not wearing seatbelts and were ejected from the car.

The driver, Isael Acevado, died astatine the scene.

On November 30, 19-year-old Tristan Castro was killed aft constabulary accidental helium drove nether the power and deed a curb that sent the car into a autobus halt adjacent North and Elms successful southwest Fresno.

The interaction caused the conveyance to drawback connected fire.

"Right present we're sitting astatine 51 fatalities successful the City of Fresno and my connection connected that is these are preventable collisions," said Fresno Police Sgt. Michael McCray.

Earlly Sunday morning, Clovis constabulary responded to a clang astatine the intersection of Gettysburg and Fowler Avenues.

Officers arrested a 19-year-old suspected DUI operator successful the five-car clang that resulted successful the decease of an guiltless pistillate from Coarsegold, identified arsenic Quinceia McBean.

Flowers, cards, and candles stay astatine this increasing memorial astatine the intersection for the decease of McBean.

Her adjacent friends describing her arsenic fearless and a beingness that was taken acold excessively soon."

Investigators accidental the operator was speeding erstwhile helium ran a reddish airy and T-boned a metallic Hyundai - that McBean was a rider in.

"That's 1 of the astir frustrating and hard parts astir DUIs.While all, if not astir crimes are preventable, DUI-related fatalities is preventable and unexcuseable particularly with the exertion nowaways," said Ty Wood with the Clovis Police Department.

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