The condition of six people with life-threatening injuries from
a separate, alcohol-related wreck early Monday morning are
improving, according to the CHP.
The condition of six people with life-threatening injuries from a separate, alcohol-related wreck early Monday morning are improving, according to the CHP.
Rosalia Carillo, 45, of San Jose, died in that head-on collision between an allegedly drunken driver – going the wrong way on the six-lane freeway – and a carload of relatives from San Jose and East Palo Alto.
The CHP is expected to file charges of gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol causing death against Graciela Plascencia, 30, of San Jose.
Two of Plascencia’s friends, both Gilroy residents, were asleep in her car at the time and have since recovered somewhat from critical injuries, the CHP reported. The trio had been drinking at least two San Jose nightclubs, according to CHP spokeswoman Terry Mayes.
Plascencia got onto northbound 101 the wrong way at the San Martin Avenue off-ramp, just north of the accident site, the CHP learned from the other car’s driver, 22-year-old Sergio Lua of East Palo Alto, who recovered enough to give a statement.
Peter Crowley covers public safety for The Dispatch. pc******@************ch.com or 847-7109
