Ricki Newton of Oxnard sentenced to two years after crashing and killing a Santa Paula man

California woman sentenced to prison for deadly 113 mph crash on 101 Freeway

A 24-year-old Oxnard woman was sentenced to two years in state prison for causing a fatal crash in 2023 while driving more than 110 mph on the 101 Freeway in Santa Barbara County, officials announced Thursday. The deadly incident occurred Aug. 13, 2023, when Ricki Newton was allegedly racing a friend at 113 mph on [...]

Ricki Newton of Oxnard sentenced to two years after crashing and killing a Santa Paula man

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Ricki Newton of Oxnard was sentenced to two years in state prison after she crashed into an uninvolved vehicle during an alleged race on Highway 101 in August of 2023, resulting in the death of a 77-year-old Santa Paula man. Newton, 24, previously pled guilty to a felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter noted the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office in a press release Thursday. According to t…

Oxnard Woman Sentenced to Prison Two Years After Fatal Highway 101 Crash in Montecito

Ricki Newton, 24, was sentenced to two years in state prison after pleading guilty to one felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter in the death of 77-year-old Santa Paula man Louis Hernandez Jr.