Katie Evans was driving in the area of Golden Valley Road and Valley Center Drive when she was struck head-on by a vehicle that had lost control after sideswiping another car, the Santa Clarita Valley Signal reported.“She sideswiped one car and then hit the other one head on,” Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Sgt. Dan Dantice told the Signal. “They found alcohol containers in the vehicle.”
I didn’t see any report of her alcohol level, maybe it was an .05 or so but still decided to charge her, or , maybe they suspected drugs in her system other than alcohol, hard to say. I would tend to believe if she was a solid .08 or more they wouldn’t have released her. People have been convicted of DUI even blowing under the legal limit if they can convince a jury they were impaired.
Oh and one more factor no one has mentioned. We do not know if the woman killed may have also been on some type of medication and could have also been DUI.