A person with three prior DUI convictions was intoxicated when he crashed right into a tree in Napa County, killing six passengers, in accordance with prosecutors.
Norberto Celerino was charged Tuesday with six felony counts of gross vehicular manslaughter whereas intoxicated, the Napa County district legal professional’s workplace mentioned in a assertion. Celerino can be going through a felony depend of driving below the affect inflicting harm with two or extra prior DUI convictions.
Prosecutors allege the 53-year-old driver was intoxicated when he crashed alongside Pope Valley Highway with seven passengers in a van.
All the eight folks within the van had been farmworkers, sheriff’s officers mentioned.
Celerino and one passenger had been taken to a close-by hospital to be handled for accidents. Six of the passengers died on the scene.
The Napa County Sheriff’s Workplace recognized the deceased as Araon Ruiz Ruiz, 39; Beymar Reynosa Rodriguez, 32; Demetrio Celerino Francisco, 39; Pedro Lopez Gomez, 57; Loreto Ricardo Hernandez, 42; and Fernando Silverio, 34.
All six had been recognized as residents of the Stockton space and Mexican nationals, sheriff’s officers mentioned.
In accordance with prosecutors, Celerino had been beforehand convicted of DUI on Aug. 22, 2020, and Sept. 20, 2024, in San Joaquin County.
Celerino had been convicted of a 3rd DUI, prosecutors mentioned within the assertion, however the conviction was greater than 10 years in the past.
