Crime & Safety

Driver Charged After Passenger Dies In SMC DUI Crash: DA

A San Francisco man faces vehicular manslaughter and DUI charges after his passenger was killed in a crash, prosecutors said.

SAN BRUNO, CA A 29-year-old San Francisco man has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence and possession of a controlled substance after a crash in San Bruno killed his passenger, the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Briand Dominguez Torres was driving on El Camino Real shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday with 22-year-old passenger Eric Perez Ramos when the car struck a roadside pole, prosecutors said.

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Ramos died in the crash. Torres was arrested following the collision, authorities said.

Prosecutors claimed Torres was driving under the influence at the time of the crash.

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He also faces a charge related to possession of a controlled substance, police said.

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