Baby Injured In Crash Dies; Murder Charges

WALNUT CREEK, CA — An 8-month-old girl died Tuesday from injuries she suffered in a four-car collision last Thursday in Walnut Creek and the driver of one of the vehicles has been charged with murder and DUI, police said.

According to police, the girl died at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.

Police said that earlier Tuesday, Contra Costa County prosecutors filed murder charges against 35-year-old Jessica Martin of Tennessee.

The child is the second person to die from injuries in the collision, which occurred at 6:32 p.m. on South Broadway, according to police. Hector Garza, 45, of Walnut Creek also died.

Police said Martin suffered moderate injuries and was taken to a hospital where she was arrested. Police said Martin was traveling south on South Broadway while the three other vehicles were traveling north on South
Broadway.

Martin is being held on $2.1 million bail.

A Go Fund Me Account is raising money for the Garza family.

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