California: Rebecca Brooks now in jail for DUI after she lost control; Merlin Goodwin hit head-on

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Rebecca Brooks

From Arcata Eye
On Tuesday, July 16 at approximately 4:34 p.m., Rebecca Brooks was driving her 1990 Honda Prelude westbound on SR-299, west of Giuntoli Lane, at an unknown speed.

Brooks failed to negotiate the gradual right curve in the roadway and allowed her vehicle to drift into the grass center median.  Brooks lost control of her vehicle as it continued across the center median and into the eastbound lanes of SR-299.

Mr. Merlin Goodwin, 55, of McKinleyville, was driving his 2001 Chevy pickup on SR ….MORE