(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Coroner has released the identity of the suspected drunk driver killed in a collision early Saturday morning on HWY 99 in Nicolaus, as 61-year-old Arturo Hernandez of Springfield Missouri.

Hernandez was merging onto northbound 99 and failed to negotiate a sharp right curve and swerved directly into the path of a full size pickup, driven by a 42-year-old Yuba City man. Hernandez was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger of his and the Yuba City pickup driver sustained minor injuries.