Crime & Safety

OC Family Grieves For Pregnant Mother, Sister Who Was Killed In DUI Crash: Report

The family of a 24-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn child who were killed Sunday morning in Orange County are speaking out.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — The family of a 24-year-old pregnant woman who was killed with her unborn child early Sunday morning in a suspected DUI driving crash are speaking out after the driver was arrested, ABC 7 reported.

The victim was ID'd by relatives as Bianca Esquivel, who was pregnant with her second child. Esquivel and her boyfriend, Oscar, had just left In-N-Out to satisfy a pregnancy craving when a suspected drunk driver ran a red light and crashed into them, the report said.

"We were laughing on the way back, we were just smiling. It was so fast," Oscar told ABC 7. "She screamed, she was like 'Oh my God...' She was my best friend."

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