THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING AN INFANT, ARE DEAD FOLLOWING A SUSPECTED DWI CRASH IN MORIARTY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE TORRANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS CESAR CHAVEZ WAS DRUNK, AND IN THE WRONG LANE, WHEN HE CRASHED INTO AN S-U-V…KILLING THREE OF THE SEVEN PEOPLE INSIDE. THE OTHER FOUR PASSENGERS WERE HOSPITALIZED.
CHAVEZ FACES A NUMBER OF CHARGES, INCLUDING VEHICULAR HOMICIDE. HIS BOND HAS BEEN SET AT 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
