During the early morning hours of December 4, 2013, a car accident killed 17 year old Alexis Cina and severely injured another person. According to the news report, the car’s driver, a 23 year old woman from New York, had a blood alcohol content of almost three times the legal limit. After a plead of no contest to vehicular manslaughter, the woman was sentenced to 10 years in state prison. Her family expressed their sincere remorse.
Katie Evans’ family expresses sincere regret
Earlier this month, a drunk driver killed Katie Evans, a 37-year-old mother of six. She was traveling home from visiting her twin daughters in the hospital. She was only a mile away from home. Alexia Alilah Cina was charged with vehicular manslaughter.
The crash happened in the center median of Golden Valley Road in Santa Clarita. Evans was hit by Cina head-on. The drunk driver’s blood alcohol content was almost three times the legal limit.
Prosecutors agreed to drop all other charges against Cina. However, she is now being held in a Santa Clarita Valley jail in lieu of $200,000 bail. She faces a maximum of 18 years to life in state prison.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says Alexia Alilah Cina was arrested earlier this month. The 22-year-old was booked on suspicion of a misdemeanor DUI. Her blood alcohol content was nearly three times the legal limit at the time of the crash. She was found with several alcohol containers in her vehicle.
Blood alcohol content was nearly three times the legal limit
Earlier this month, a 21-year-old woman named Alexis Cina was arrested for causing a car crash in Santa Clarita, California that killed her Savannah, Georgia neighbor, Katie Evans. Evans was driving home from visiting her 8-week-old twin daughters at UCLA Intensive Care Unit. Alexis Cina was traveling in the opposite direction when she collided with Evans’ car.
Cina’s blood alcohol content was almost three times the legal limit, according to toxicology reports. The driver was traveling at a high rate of speed when she crashed into the car. Evans was traveling about one mile from her home when the accident occurred. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 28 people die from drunk driving every day.
Alexis Cina pleaded no contest to killing Katie Evans. She was also charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. She is now scheduled to return to court on March 6. If convicted, she could face up to 18 years in state prison.
Pleads no contest to vehicular manslaughter
Earlier this month, former Canyon County student athlete Alexia Cina was charged in the death of a 37-year-old woman in a DUI crash. Cina has pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter, and faces 10 years in prison. In addition, her attorney has agreed to drop all other charges in exchange for a no-contest plea.
Alexia Cina was arrested earlier this month after a crash that killed a mother of six. At the time of the crash, Cina was speeding south on Golden Valley Road in Santa Clarita. Her vehicle crashed head-on into Katie Snyder Evans’ Honda. Several people were injured in the crash. One person suffered critical injuries, while another person suffered minor injuries.
Cina was originally booked on a misdemeanor DUI charge. Her blood alcohol level at the time of the crash was.21, which is well over the legal limit. However, the toxicology reports show her blood alcohol level to be a bit higher, at.08.
She was originally charged with a misdemeanor DUI and felony vehicular manslaughter. In exchange for pleading no contest to a felony vehicular manslaughter, her attorney entered a plea of no contest to a gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Sentenced to 10 years in state prison
ALEXIA CINA is accused of killing Katie Evans in a DUI crash last year. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Cina was driving at a high rate of speed when she hit Evans’ car. Cina’s car slammed into the center median of Golden Valley Road in Santa Clarita. Evans was on her way home from visiting her premature twin daughters at the hospital. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the toxicology test results, Cina’s blood alcohol content was.21, which is almost three times the legal limit. Another person suffered minor injuries. The third vehicle in the initial crash also hit two Hondas. Afterwards, alcohol containers were found in Cina’s car.
In addition to the murder charge, Cina was also charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. This charge was resolved as part of a plea deal between Cina and prosecutors. She received a 10-year prison sentence as part of the plea deal.
