Last Updated on February 6, 2018 by CCAR Staff
LOS ANGELES >> The case of a Fontana woman accused of driving drunk and the wrong way on the 60 Freeway nearly four years ago and causing a crash that killed six people is getting closer to going to trial.
Olivia Carolee Culbreath, 25, was in Los Angeles County Superior Court in downtown Los Angeles Monday for a preliminary hearing and is expected to return March 12 for a readiness hearing, according to an email from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Media Relations Bureau.
During a readiness hearing, defense attorneys and prosecutors will report to a judge how close they are to being ready to go to trial and can set a date to begin the trial.
On Feb. 9, 2014, Culbreath allegedly drove a Chevrolet Camaro east on the westbound 60 Freeway, the California Highway Patrol said. She was traveling at speeds approaching 100 mph when she was in a wrong-way, head-on crash in Diamond Bar, the CHP said.
Prior to the crash, Culbreath had allegedly been drinking.
Her car crashed head-on into a sport utility vehicle, the CHP reported. Another vehicle subsequently crashed into the SUV.
Culbreath’s sister, Maya, 24, of Rialto, and Kristin Young, 21, of Chino, were passengers in Culbreath’s car and died in the crash.
Four Huntington Park residents were traveling in the SUV and were all thrown from the vehicle. The four victims were Gregorio Mejia-Martinez, 47, Leticia Ibarra, 42, Jessica Mejia, 20, and Ester Delgado, 80.
