Touching Memorial Grows At Scene Of Livermore Double Fatal Crash

LIVERMORE, CA — Just days before the driver accused of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter in a Livermore collision that took two lives in November of 2017 returns to court, a touching memorial has grown at the crash scene. A mermaid tail dedicated to one of the two victims was added to the existing roadside memorial comprised of flowers, candles and crosses along Stanley Boulevard in Livermore.

CHP officials said the night before Thanksgiving, the blue Kia Sorento Lauren April Davis was driving left the road, overturned several times and came to rest on the first set of railroad tracks. Five people were in the SUV at the time of the wreck.

The tail pays homage to Livermore native Alexys 'Lexy' Garcia, 25, who was fully ejected during the horrific crash and died a week later after succumbing to her injuries. Violet Campbell, 16, who attended Village High School in Pleasanton, was killed immediately after she was partially ejected. Two crosses are dedicated to her.

Davis, who is being held without bail at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, is facing numerous other charges relating to the case, including three counts of causing injury while drunk driving by a person with prior convictions. Prosecutors said she has two previous convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. She will be back in court on Friday morning to enter her plea.

CHP officials arrested Davis at the scene but she was later released from jail pending further investigation. On January 16, the completed collision investigation was presented to the Alameda County District Attorney's office who charged Davis in the deadly crash. Almost three months after the tragic collision, California Highway Patrol investigators arrested Davis at a home in Livermore on February 8.

The CHP said in a probable cause statement that it determined that Davis was driving under the influence based on her admission to consuming alcohol prior to driving, passenger statements confirming that she was consuming alcohol and marijuana before driving as well as her "objective symptoms of alcohol intoxication."

The law enforcement agency said a field sobriety test wasn't administered on Davis due to the nature of the injuries she suffered in the accident and because she refused to submit to a preliminary alcohol-screening Test. But the agency said Davis eventually chose to submit to a blood test after she was arrested and a test at 3:05 a.m. on Nov. 23, about three hours after the crash, showed that she had a blood alcohol content of 0.16, two times the legal limit of 0.08, and tested positive for marijuana.

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