Convicted Drunken Driver Pleads Guilty to Fatal Crash in Irvine

Convicted DUI driver pleads guilty to Irvine crash that killed 2 people

A twice-convicted drunken driver pleaded guilty Friday, June 6 to murder for an alcohol-fueled crash that killed two people on the 5 Freeway in Irvine in 2021. Jorge ErastoCruz, 37, of Lake Forest, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, and a count of DUI with a blood-alcohol level at 0.08% or higher causing injury, all felonies. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of…

Convicted Drunken Driver Pleads Guilty to Fatal Crash in Irvine

A twice-convicted drunken driver who pleaded guilty to murder for an alcohol-fueled crash that killed two people on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Irvine in 2021 is scheduled to be sentenced July 25. According to the California Highway Patrol, Shalaya A. Sierra, 23, of San Diego, was driving a 2016 Honda Civic, which stopped on the right shoulder of the southbound Santa Ana Freeway, just north of Yale Avenue, at 2:10 a.m. Nov. 14, 2021. A man got …