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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — A antheral who allegedly killed 4 radical successful a tragic car clang appeared successful tribunal for the archetypal clip connected Thursday, and the household of 2 of the victims successful the clang were grieving their deaths, asking for "justice."
Sean Guynes pled not guilty, and prosecutors said helium was driving nether the influence.
Fresno County District Attorney prosecutors said 32-year-old Sean Guynes, of Kerman, was driving a Ford adjacent Floyd and Shaw Avenues connected Jan. 10 erstwhile helium drove into oncoming postulation that had the close of way.
California Highway Patrol officials said helium crashed into a Nissan Altima with Sandy Carmona Rodriguez and her cousin, Luis inside.
Officials said some cars caught connected fire, sidesplitting the brace successful the Nissan, on with 2 others.
"We just, it hurts america seeing him lasting determination portion we mislaid someone, particularly similar my mom. It just, it hurts are seeing that, you know, she had to suffer her lad and past you person to travel and look the idiosyncratic who did it successful their eyes," Rodriguez said.
Officers said Guynes told them helium was a rider —but the DA said an probe by California Highway Patrol revealed that Guynes was driving the conveyance astatine the clip of the crash.
"We're conscionable a shot of emotions close now. It's conscionable due to the fact that it was truthful abrupt and tragic," Ernesto Orozco said.
The District Attorney's bureau said helium was "noticeably intoxicated," adding Guynes was antecedently convicted of a DUI successful 2018 successful Fresno County.
Analuisa Carmona Rodriguez said her member Luis was conscionable starting his life.
"His birthday's coming up. He was conscionable going to crook 19. You know, helium lived a large life. He had truthful overmuch fun. He was ne'er shy. He was a ace outgoing person," Rodriguez said.
Orozco was grieving the nonaccomplishment of his sister-in-law Sandy, who was lone 20 years old.
"She was conscionable a shot of joy. She was life. She was conscionable truthful overmuch energy," Orozco said. "It's conscionable tragic, sudden. And, you know, different deaths you tin benignant of prepare, this one, conscionable 1 of those things wherever it's conscionable retired of the bluish and it's conscionable truthful sudden."
Guynes faces 4 counts of murder, up to 60 years successful prison, and is being charged with driving connected a suspended licence from a anterior DUI conviction.
"It's a batch of families involved. And we each request justice, and we each request this benignant of comfort. Just it's not adjacent comfort. It's conscionable for america to cognize that, okay, something's getting done and it's conscionable not near being undone," Rodriguez said.
Guynes' bail is acceptable astatine $4 cardinal and is expected to beryllium successful tribunal connected March 13.
Those who would similar to donate to Sandy and Luis' GoFundMe tin click present for Luis and here for Sandy.
