Sacramento County coroner officials on Monday identified the young Woodland boy killed in a suspected DUI crash last week as Luis Figueroa.
Luis was 5, not 6 as initially reported by the California Highway Patrol, which continues to investigate the June 18 collision on Interstate 5 that also injured five other members of the Figueroa family, three of them also young children.
The CHP reported that the Figueroas’ pickup was traveling northbound on the freeway near County Road 22 when it was rear-ended by a BMW, the impact sending the pickup down an embankment where it overturned in a field. Luis later died of his injuries at the UC Davis Medical Center.
Sacramento resident Shane Michael Carlyle, who had been driving the BMW, has since been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence of drugs causing injury, reckless driving, possessing drug paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license. Sacramento County court records indicate he was on probation for prior crimes involving drug and identity-theft charges when the crash occurred.
Carlyle, 34, pleaded not guilty to the allegations at his arraignment hearing Friday in Yolo Superior Court, where his bail was increased from $80,000 to $1 million. He is due back in court July 8 for further proceedings.
Meanwhile, a GoFundMe account has been established to help cover funeral and medical expenses for the Figueroa family, who according to relatives were returning home from an outing to the American River when the collision occurred. Two of the three wounded children, all of whom sustained major injuries, remain hospitalized in a pediatric intensive-care unit.
The fund had reached more than $10,000 of its $20,000 goal as of Tuesday evening: https://www.gofundme.com/pkect-luis-figueroa-and-family
— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net or 530-747-8048. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene
Woodland boy, 6, dies in I-5 collision; driver faces manslaughter charges