18-year-old woman arrested after live streaming deadly crash near Los Banos

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An 18-year-old Stockton woman is in jail accused of driving under the influence during a deadly crash Friday. The live Instagram recording shows Obdulia Sanchez next to a dead crash victim.Authorities say a 14-year-old died in the crash and, in the video, she references the victim as her sister. The CHP says two minors were in the back seat were not wearing seatbelts.The CHP says Sanchez was under the influence when she rolled her car over, into a barbed wire fence and then a field. The Merced County Sheriff says 14-year-old Jacqueline Sanchez was killed in the crash near Henry Miller Road and Highway 165."She was in the back seat of the vehicle and allegedly unseatbelted, and upon the vehicle rolling over, it ejected her and killed her," Sheriff Vern Warnke said."I killed my sister, but I don't care," she said in the video. "I killed my sister. I know I'm going to prison, but I don't care. I'm sorry baby. I'm a hold it down."Mary Hernandez of Stockton recorded the live stream."At first we didn't even want to believe it was real," she said. "I recorded it and posted it mainly because as someone who uses Snapchat I see a lot of people driving with their Snapchats doing what she was doing so to me it was like an eye opener."Family members confirm the video was shot by Obdulia Sanchez. They say the victim, Jacqueline Sanchez of Stockton, was supposed to celebrate her Quinceanera Sunday.A 14-year-old girl from Fresno was also in the car and was badly injured.Sanchez is now in the Merced County Jail on charges of vehicular manslaughter while under the influence and DUI.Family members started a GoFundMe page for Jacqueline's funeral expenses.

God_Damnit_Nappa on July 24th, 2017 at 06:29 UTC »

The CHP says two minors were in the back seat were not wearing seatbelts.

The driver deserves to go to jail forever. But people also need to wear their fucking seatbelts. It's possible the victim could've survived if she had been wearing one. Either way, the driver is absolutely at fault for this and there's no way she's getting out of a long jail sentence.

Martianese on July 24th, 2017 at 03:01 UTC »

Here's the (NSFL) video.

jesterlester on July 24th, 2017 at 02:39 UTC »

My god this is so sad... how do the parents even begin to cope with something like this?