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   SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, CA - Three people lost their lives when the   
   driver of a Jeep Cherokee on Interstate 5 near Walnut Grove lost   
   control and veered into the opposing lanes where it collided   
   with a VW Beetle Firiday morning.   
      
   Three people in the VW were killed. They were identified by the   
   San Joaquin County coroner Friday afternoon as Vincent Cruz, 56,   
   of Woodland (the driver); Monica Martinez, 53, of West   
   Sacramento and Nadara Guerrero-Cruz, 42, of Woodland.   
      
   The victims were not wearing seatbelts, according to   
   investigators with the California Highway Patrol.   
      
   The 23-year-old driver of the Jeep, first struck the back of a   
   big rig ahead of her in the northbound direction, the CHP report   
   stated. She lost control of her SUV, traveled across the grass   
   median into the freeway's southbound lanes where it was hit head-   
   on by the VW. The impact sent the VW down an embankment. The   
   Cherokee came to a stop on the freeway before being struck by a   
   semi traveling in the southbound lanes.   
      
   The driver of the Cherokee, Coleen Torres of Lodi, suffered   
   major injuries. She was extricated from her vehicle and   
   transported to San Joaquin General Hospital. Officers later   
   arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence and   
   vehicular manslaughter.   
      
   The driver of the rig that struck the Cherokee was treated for   
   minor injuries.   
      
   The collision was reported at 12:05 a.m. All lanes of I-5 were   
   reopened by 3:54.   
      
   http://archive.news10.net/news/article/254268/2/3-die-in-   
   suspected-DUI-crash-on-I-5?odyssey=obinsite   
      
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