Driver Sentenced For Fatal North County DUI Crash

VISTA, CA — A man convicted of murder for driving drunk and killing another motorist in a crash on Interstate 5 in Carlsbad was sentenced Thursday to 21 years to life in state prison

Andrew David Shaw, 46, was found guilty by a Vista jury for causing the Oct. 22, 2023, crash that killed Aurora Rodriguez Urrea, and injured her adult daughter, who was also riding in the vehicle.

The California Highway Patrol said Shaw was driving a pickup truck that rear-ended the victim's vehicle just before 10 p.m. on the southbound side of the freeway near Cannon Road.

Urrea and her daughter were hospitalized, and Urrea died at a trauma center. Shaw also sustained minor injuries in the crash and was arrested after receiving treatment at a hospital.

Prosecutors alleged in sentencing documents that Shaw was drinking throughout the day leading up to the crash and a blood draw taken after the crash showed he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.139%.

Shaw also had two prior convictions from 2007 and 2021 for what's known as a "wet reckless," which is when DUI charges are reduced to reckless driving convictions, as well as a 2001 misdemeanor DUI conviction.

— City News Service