Matthew Lee Harvey, 37, of Catalina Pointe also was charged with having an expired registration, according to Jefferson County Magistrate Court records.
“(The car) lost control and struck the freeway overpass embankment, causing the vehicle to overturn at least once,” Luna said.. He was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail pending his initial court appearance.
It appeared he had been thrown from the car, Pasadena Fire Department spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said.
Investigators had not confirmed whether the car that crashed was involved in a race.
The name of the teenage passenger who died following the crash was not available Sunday. Garcia and three other teenage passengers of the car suffered minor to moderate injuries in the crash.
Hill said the defendant indicated he drank alcoholic beverages at Paddy's Pub, where he had been earlier Friday night, court records said. Police described him as a 17-year-old Riverside resident. "Sergeant Fernandez lost his impartiality and professionalism in this case," Castor said during a press conference last September.
"However, I can state that I did not feel impaired, but did place myself in a situation that I advise my clients to avoid," said Harvey, whose areas of law practice include criminal defense. John Luna said.
Two of the injured passengers had been taken to a hospital by private vehicle when firefighters arrived at the crash scene, Derderian said.
The crash remains under investigation by the Pasadena Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation Team.
After being treated for his injuries, Garcia was booked at the Pasadena Police Department Jail, according to police and Los Angeles County booking records. crash on Washington Boulevard at Lincoln Avenue, Pasadena police Lt. Fernandez went as far as instructing another DUI officer to "physically" go inside to see if Campbell was at the bar.
An 18-year-old Altadena man is accused of being drunk when he crashed a car in Pasadena late Thursday, killing a 17-year-old passenger and injuring three others, police said.
Police arrested Gerardo Garcia on suspicion of drunken driving and vehicular manslaughter following the 12:20 a.m. "I am very, very embarrassed by the situation and promise to make it a positive experience for myself."
Harvey, who was admitted to the West Virginia State Bar in 2005, previously worked as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Berkeley County for more than four years, and also was an assistant prosecuting attorney in Kanawha County, W.Va.
“According to independent witnesses, two vehicles had been street racing while traveling on Washington when the collision occurred,” Luna said.
The badly injured Riverside teen was taken to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena where he succumbed to his injuries at 7:39 a.m., Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Investigator Dana Bee said.
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