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DUI Identified as Cause of San Diego, California Car Crash


August 22, 2007
Topic: Drunk Driving Accidents

Even small amounts of alcohol can have profound impacts on a person's behavior and motor functions. A blood alcohol content level as low as .03%, well below California's legal limit of .08%, can lower a person's attention span, hinder decision making skills, and slow reaction time. This is why it is absolutely critical to never get behind the wheel even when you are just slightly buzzed. It might lead to terrible tragedies like the one that happened recently in San Diego.

On August 21, a San Diego, California woman was killed when the car she was traveling in was rear ended by a Toyota Highlander at a traffic intersection on the Mira Mesa Boulevard near Camino Ruiz. The woman, later identified by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's office as Mira Mesa resident Jenily Periarce Mendoza, died instantly, while the driver and the front seat passenger were rushed to hospital with severe internal injuries. The accident occurred shortly after midnight. The driver of the Toyota Highlander, 39-year-old Homer Namoca, was taken into custody on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter.

Every 20 minutes in this country, somebody dies a wrongful death in a drunk driving accident. That makes it a total of 71 lives lost per day. In California alone, close to 200,000 persons are arrested for DUI every year. A large percentage of them, unfortunately get away with a misdemeanor charge and a slap on the wrist. This is the reason why so many instances of DUI are repeat offenders.

If you've been injured or lost a loved one in a car accident where the other person was under the influence, call the drunk driving accident attorneys at The Reeves Law Group for a free consultation.


The California personal injury attorneys at The Reeves Law Group represent victims of accidents, injuries and wrongful death throughout California from our offices in Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Diego County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Ventura County, Fresno County, Kern County, Sacramento County, San Fernando Valley, Long Beach, Antelope Valley, Torrance, Glendale, Bakersfield, Santa Ana, San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Ontario, and Victorville.