According to the California Highway Patrol in Merced, Thursday evening, officers responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash on West Sandy Mush Road near Combs Road where a woman killed her daughter while allegedly driving while impaired.
CHP said a 1997 Toyota Camry was traveling at a high rate of speed east on Sandy Mush Road.
Officials said for unknown reasons, the driver, 40-year-old Judith Nava from Merced, went off the right shoulder, lost control and rolled several times.
CHP Officer Eric Zuniga said Nava’s 17-year-old daughter, who was in the front passenger seat, was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle as it rolled.
The vehicle came to a rest on top of the 17-year-old. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Nava and her 22-year-old son, who was in the backseat, were both wearing seatbelts and were not injured.
CHP officials said alcohol also appears to be a factor in the crash.
“There’s three factors in this collision that could’ve been avoided. Obviously, speed, drinking and not wearing a seat belt,” said Officer Zuniga.
“That’s one thing that we constantly see as officers or first responders. You know just that small little negligence that impacts not only themselves but a whole family, community,” he said.
Nava was arrested and booked into the Merced County jail for driving without a license, manslaughter, and DUI, causing great bodily injury. She is being held on $160,360 bail.
Inmate Detail – NAVA, JUDITH MEDRANO
Demographic Information
- Name NAVA, JUDITH MEDRANO
- Subject Number 193773
- Age 40
- Gender FEMALE
- Race HISPANIC
- Height 5′ 5″
- Weight 140.0 lbs
- Address MERCED, CALIFORNIA
- Aliases MEDRANO NAVA, JUDITH, NAVA, JUDITH
3/11/2021 10:41 PM
Booking History
Booking 2021-00001174
- Booking Date: 3/11/2021 10:36 PM
- Release Date
- Scheduled Release Date
- Prisoner Type: NEW ARREST
- Housing Facility: JOHN LATORACCA CORRECTIONAL CENTER
- Total Bond Amount: $160,360.00
- Total Bail Amount: $0.00
- Booking Origin: CHP – MERCED
| Bond Number | Bond Type | Bond Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-00003279 | S/BOND | $100,000.00 |
| 2021-00003280 | S/BOND | $60,000.00 |
| 2021-00003281 | S/BOND | $360.00 |
| Charges | Court Date | Court | Court Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| No data |
| Number | Charge Description | Offense Date | Docket Number | Sentence Date | Disposition | Disposition Date | Sentence Length | Crime Class | Arresting Agency | Attempt/Commit | Bond |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | UNLICENSED DRIVER | 3/11/2021 10:42 PM | MISDEMEANOR | 2021-00003281 | |||||||
| 2 | MANSLAUGHTER- DRIVING VEHICLE WITH GROSS NEGLIGENCE | 3/11/2021 10:42 PM | FELONY | 2021-00003280 | |||||||
| 1 | DUI ALCOHOL/DRUGS CAUSING BODILY INJURY | 3/11/2021 10:42 PM | FELONY | 2021-0000327 |
