From MyDesert.com
INDIO — A 19-year-old Indio man facing vehicular manslaughter and DUI charges in a crash that killed a friend is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.
Derren Gary Teran was charged in December with one count of DUI vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and two counts of DUI causing injury for the March 3, 2013, crash that killed 18-year-old Victor Regalado Jr. of Indio.
Regalado was thrown from the Jeep when it struck a curb and overturned at Adams Street and Avenue 40 in Indio, and died about 40 minutes later at JFK
Memorial Hospital. Two girls riding in the Jeep were hurt, according to court documents.
According to a declaration filed in support of an arrest warrant, Teran and Regalado met friends at a Circle K convenience store on Monroe Street in Indio, and one friend “believed Derren was impaired and offered to drive the Jeep. Derren declined.”
Teran, Regalado and two girls got into the Jeep, while other friends got into another vehicle. One of the girls “also asked Derren to allow her to drive the Jeep and his response was, `Nah.’ … (She) described Derren’s driving actions to be, `Crazy,”’ according to the declaration.
Teran started driving around Indio, at one point swerving into opposing lanes on Varner Road. The speedometer reached 70 mph, and one of the girls “repeatedly told Derren to slow down and his response each time was, `No, I’m the best drunk driver,”’ the declaration stated.
Near the Avenue 40 intersection, one of the girls heard Teran say “Unicorn,” and the Jeep zigzagged, struck a curb and overturned, ejecting Regalado ….MORE