California: Jason Quinonez charged with DUI crash that killed his passenger on party bus

 

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280 van crash – Photo courtesy of KTVU


From KTVU.com and wires                            

STANFORD, Calif. —2013-08-14 —The California Highway Patrol arrested the driver of a party van  that was involved in a deadly crash on northbound Interstate Highway 280 near  Portola Valley Sunday night.

Jason Quinonez, 43, was identified as the driver of a converted  black Chevrolet Express 3500 traveling north on Highway 280 that went off the  roadway and struck a tree south of Alpine Road around 10:50 p.m., CHP Officer  Amelia Jack said.

The van overturned in the crash 20 feet away from the freeway, and  a man who was a passenger was killed, she said.

Quinonez was found near the scene with minor injuries and it was  initially not clear that he was the driver, according to the CHP.

He was taken to Stanford Hospital for minor lacerations and later  booked into Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of felony hit and run, DUI  and manslaughter, Jack said ….MORE