Driver Suspected In DUI Death Of Murrieta Woman Posts Bail

FRENCH VALLEY, CA — A San Diego County woman suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and causing a deadly crash over the weekend in the unincorporated Riverside County community of French Valley was released on bail Monday while formal charges against her remained pending.

Sabrina Angelica Saucedo, 27, of Spring Valley was arrested Sunday on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence of alcohol, resulting in great bodily injury.

Jail records show she posted a $75,000 bond and was released from the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in French Valley. As of Tuesday afternoon, court records showed no formal charges were yet filed against her.

California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Lassig released preliminary information regarding the crash that led to Saucedo's weekend arrest.

At approximately 8:17 p.m. Sunday, she was driving a gray 2017 BMW 650i eastbound on Benton Road, just west of Van Gaale Lane "at a high rate of speed," according to Lassig.

When she reached the Benton Road/Van Gaale Lane intersection, Saucedo ran the stop sign and plowed into the left side of a white 2009 Toyota Camry driven by 53-year-old Tracye White of Murrieta, information from Lassig and the coroner's bureau show.

White was heading north on Van Gaale Lane and obeyed the stop sign at Benton Road before she proceeded into the intersection, Lassig said.

White was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the coroner.

Jail records show Saucedo was arrested at 9:35 p.m. Sunday and booked at 4:54 a.m. the following day. She has no criminal history in Riverside County, court records show.