A young mother is being blamed for a wrong-way head-on traffic collision Sunday which killed six people.
Police arrested Olivia Carolee Culbreath, 21, on suspicion of manslaughter and drunken driving after an extra-large beer container was found in her vehicle. She is the sister of Maya Culbreath, one of the two in her car killed in the wreck.
Two of the victims from the SUV – Gregorio Mejia-Martinez and Jessica Mejia. (DMV)
Culbreath allegedly drove her Camaro north in the southbound lanes on the 60 Freeway in Diamond Bar. She was traveling at least 70 miles per hour at 4:40 am when she hit an SUV head on, which lead to a multiple vehicle collision, according to reports. The Coroner’s office released the names of the victims of the accident. Kristin Melissa Young, 24 of Chino and Maya Louise Culbreath, 24 of Rialto were in the car with Olivia Culbreath. Leticia Ibarra, 42, and Gregorio Mejia-Martinez, 47, a married couple from Huntington Park, along with Jessica Jasmine Mejia, 20, their daughter, and a relative, Ester Delgado, were in the SUV that was hit by the Culbreath’s car. One other car was involved, but only injuries were reported from that vehicle.
Maya Culbreath, one of the two victims in Olivia Culbreath’s car.
Culbreathgave birth to a child late last month,according to reports. On Sunday she was being treated for injuries in a lock-up facility at a Los Angeles hospital, authorities said. According to the LA Times, she was convicted of DUI when she was 17, in 2010. After two more traffic violations, her license was reinstated in December 2011, and restrictions lifted just last week.
Read more:
KTLA: Victims identified in Deadly Wrong-Way Crash on 60 Freeway
LA Times: Suspect in wrong-way crash has previous DUI conviction, records show
