A 20-year-old motorist suspected of drunken driving when her car crashed and killed a passenger was arrested Sunday on suspicion of DUI causing death and manslaughter, authorities said.
Raelene Martinez was treated at a local hospital and then booked, Pomona police Sgt. Christian Hsu said.
The name of the 19-year-old Upland woman who was killed was not released, pending notification of next of kin, Hsu said.
Martinez about 1:40 a.m. was reportedly driving a Toyota Camry north in the 1500 block of North San Antonio Avenue when she lost control of the car and struck several parked vehicles and overturned, Hsu said.
The 19-year-old woman died at the scene. Three men in the Toyota were also injured but were expected to recover.
Abraham Batres had just parked his black, 2000 Toyota Corolla in the 1600 block of San Antonio Avenue and gone into a building.
He came out after hearing the crash to find the front bumper, hood, lights and window of his car smashed, Los Angeles County fire dispatch Supervisor Robert Diaz said.
Batres said he was certified to perform CPR, so he tried to help the woman
lying motionless on the ground.
"She was unresponsive, so I called 9-1-1," Batres told news crews at the scene.
He said three young men were out of the vehicle, walking around and it appeared a woman had been driving.
"They were all just hugging each other, crying -- it was all chaotic,'' Batres said.
A 1990s model Ford Thunderbird belonging to Batres' friend -- and parked behind Batres' car -- was wrecked by the dark sedan that had overturned between their cars and a fence, Batres said.
Investigators found evidence to suggest Martinez was under the influence of alcohol, Hsu said.
According to ABC7, a witness reported the driver of the crashed car throwing beer cans out the window before the wreck.
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