(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – CHP Yuba-Sutter is investigating a double-fatal suspected DUI collision Monday night at around 10:15. The accident occurred at HWY 20 just east of Acacia Avenue as witnesses told officers 43-year-old Francisco Jauregui of Yuba City crossed the double yellow lines, colliding head on with a vehicle driven by 25-year-old Maria Flores Soto of Sutter County, who was killed.
Her 16-month-old infant son, Andres Ambriz was also killed and a 15-year-old boy in the vehicle sustained major injuries.
The CHP news release reports Jauregui attempted to flee on foot before being detained and arrested for DUI, causing injury or death, two counts of vehicular manslaughter, attempting to flee and two counts of child endangerment.
At the scene, Jauregui was found to be two-and-one-half times the legal limit.