Garden Grove woman killed after driver suspected of DUI plows into her home
A Garden Grove woman was killed Sunday after a car drove into her home and trapped her underneath. / Garden Grove PD
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. - A Garden Grove woman was killed Sunday after a suspected DUI driver crashed into her home and trapped her beneath the car.
It happened just before 2 a.m. on May 12, at the home in the 11800 block of Magnolia Street. Officers said they received multiple reports of a hit-and-run crash after a driver drove a 2019 Toyota Camry into a home and then took off.
When they got there, officers said bystanders pointed them in the direction of the driver, who they found nearby. The man, identified as 35-year-old Riverside resident Jadier E. Salazarmontano, was arrested.
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Inside the home, officers said 40-year-old Janet Carrillo was trapped underneath the car. Paramedics tried to treat her, but she died at the scene.
Salazarmontano was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol content above the legal limit of 0.08% or more causing injury, and driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, all felonies.
He also faces sentencing enhancements for fleeing the scene of a vehicular manslaughter and inflicting great bodily injury on the victim.
City News Service contributed to this report.