Port Hueneme Woman Arrested in Connection to Fatal Crash on Highway 101 in Montecito
CHP Says Sunday-Morning Collision That Left One Man Dead Is ‘DUI Related’
[Update: Wed., Aug. 16] Authorities have released the name of the man killed in Sunday’s suspected DUI crash. The victim was Louis Hernandez Jr., 77, of Santa Paula. The driver believed to have caused the collision, Ricki Newton, was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI and vehicular manslaughter and booked in county jail.
[Original story] A Port Hueneme woman was arrested early Sunday morning following a fatal traffic collision on the southbound side of Highway 101 in Montecito. The crash — in which one person died and three others suffered minor to moderate injuries — is “DUI related,” according to an incident report released by the California Highway Patrol on Monday.
Emergency responders with Montecito Fire Department and CHP received a report of a crash just north of the Olive Mill Road exit at 3:10 a.m. involving two vehicles, one of which, a 2002 Mercury SUV, was struck by a 2019 Toyota Camry and went down the embankment off the right side of the highway, according to the CHP report.
