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Jessica Nieto Arrested DUI Crash Temecula Highway 79 Anza Road

Jessica Nieto Arrested DUI Crash Temecula Highway 79 Anza Road

Jessica Nieto DUI crash Temecula

Jessica Nieto, 33, ID’d as Suspect in Temecula Fatal DUI Crash

TEMECULA, CA (July 25, 2022) – Authorities detained Jessica Nieto after a fatal DUI crash on Highway 79 and Anza Road in Temecula.

Officers determined that the 33-year-old Temecula woman was under the influence of alcohol when the collision occurred on Sunday.

The incident began when Jessica Nieto was driving a 2011 Honda Pilot west on Highway 79 near Anza Road in Temecula. At the same time, a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado was going east.

The California Highway Patrol said she then veered to the right and into the dirt shoulder. She tried to pull back onto the roadway, over-corrected and drifted into the opposite lane.

In the process, her Honda hit the Chevrolet truck. The ABC 7 News and My News LA wrote that the wreck took place on July 24 at about 6:25 p.m.

1 Killed, 5 Injured in Wreck

The driver of the Silverado, 46-year-old Benjamin Mauldin, and a 43-year-old woman with him sustained major injuries. His second passenger, a 12-year-old girl, obtained minor wounds.

Firefighters arrived and took the Thermal residents to the hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, an 8-year-old girl riding the Pilot died at the scene.

A 12-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl in the SUV survived the accident with serious injuries. Paramedics rushed them to the Riverside County Regional Medical Center for further aid.

Jessica Nieto ended up with major injuries as a result of the crash. Medical personnel brought her to the Inland Valley Medical Center.

CHP soon arrested Jessica Nieto on suspicion of felony DUI, child endangerment and gross vehicular manslaughter. The Temecula DUI crash is still under investigation.


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