Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by CCAR Staff
A suspected drunk driver was arrested after he drove on the wrong side of the road in Winchester and crashed head-on with another car Thursday night, killing a woman and injuring himself and another driver, authorities said.
The suspect, Willie Salazar, 23, of Wildomar, and the other driver remained in a hospital Friday, said Officer Jason Montez, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol.
The crash on Domenigoni Parkway, east of Patterson Avenue, was reported to the CHP around 10:55 p.m. Thursday.
The suspect was driving a Honda Civic west on the eastbound lanes and collided head-on with a Chevrolet Malibu, Montez said.
The suspect, a 31-year-old Hemet man driving the Malibu and a 32-year-old Menifee woman sitting in the front passenger seat of the Malibu had major injuries and were hospitalized, he said.
Sahtarria Anderson, 32, of Menifee, died early Friday morning at Inland Valley Regional Medical Center, according to the coroner’s office.
Salazar was found to be under the influence of alcohol and arrested on suspicion of felony DUI causing injury, Montez said. He faces additional charges since the passenger of the Malibu later died at the hospital, he added.
