DUI crash kills one, injures 10-year-old
By The Bakersfield Californian
A 34-year-old man was arrested on vehicular manslaughter charges early Sunday morning after allegedly crashing into another car while driving under the influence, killing its driver and injuring a 10-year-old passenger, police said.
The crash took place at 6:11 a.m. at the intersection of South H Street and Wilson Road. Police said Curtis Peery, 34 of Bakersfield, was driving on a suspended or revoked license northbound on South H when he broadsided a maroon Toyota Camry going westbound on Wilson Road.
The driver of the Toyota, Oscar Cecilio Rodas, 58 of Bakersfield, suffered major injuries and later died at Kern Medical Center. A 10-year-old boy in the Toyota suffered minor injuries and was also taken to KMC for treatment. Peery suffered moderate injuries, police said.
Officers determined Peery was driving under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash, police said. He will be taken and booked into Kern County Jail on charges of felony drunk driving, causing injury or death, vehicular manslaughter and driving on a suspended, revoked license after his release from KMC.
Anyone who may have witnessed this crash is asked to call officer Jim Dillon at 326-3967.
-- Californian staff
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