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Drunk Driver Hails Ride To Bar After Allegedly Killing Pregnant Woman In Crash: CHP [UPDATE]

The Ramona man is jailed after accident Sunday evening near San Vicente resort, officials said.

RAMONA, CA – UPDATE: MONDAY, MAY 15, 1:35 p.m.

A motorist who was allegedly drunk when he got into a Mother's Day crash that killed a pregnant woman, then summoned a Lyft driver give him a ride to a bar, was behind bars Monday on suspicion of DUI, vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run.

Andrew Dorian Milonis, 44, was heading east on San Vicente Road when his 2011 GMC Yukon pickup truck rear-ended a 2016 Dodge Dart near Arena Drive about 6:45 p.m. Sunday in Ramona, according to the California Highway Patrol.

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The impact sent the car veering into a center median, where it struck a tree, fatally injuring the driver, 29-year-old Jessica Foderingham, who was eight months pregnant. The Ramona resident and her unborn daughter were pronounced dead at a hospital.

Milonis allegedly fled following the collision, then abandoned his vehicle about a mile away and called for a Lyft driver to give him a ride to a bar on Main Street, CHP public-affairs Officer Kevin Pearlstein said. Deputies found him at the tavern about an hour later and arrested him.

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Milonis, a Ramona resident, was booked into San Diego Central Jail. He was being held on $1 million bail pending arraignment, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

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MONDAY, MAY 15, 7:17 a.m.

A motorist was killed in a collision near the San Vicente Resort in Ramona, authorities said.

The crash on San Vicente Road near Arena Drive was reported around 6:45 p.m. Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol. The name of the person killed in the crash was not immediately available.

Authorities closed the roadway in the vicinity of the crash site. It was reopened shortly before 11 p.m.

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