OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Oceanside police say a suspected drunk driver struck and killed a man, then drove for a mile with his body lodged in the car.
Twenty-nine-year-old Esteysi Sanchez of Oceanside was arrested Monday morning for vehicular manslaughter. She’s jailed and it’s unclear whether she has a lawyer.
Police say that around 6:30 a.m., Sanchez hit a man on a sidewalk.
KNSD-TV says the man’s body went through the windshield and ended up on the front passenger seat but his severed leg crashed through the back window and landed on the trunk.
Police say Sanchez drove about a mile, parked in a cul-de-sac and walked away. She was arrested a short time later.
The victim’s name hasn’t been released.
“There’s no words to really describe it. I mean, just seeing that up close and personal, it’s kind of traumatizing in a way,” witness Edwin Esparza said, according to KNSD. “Horrific. Yeah I’ve never in my whole life have I heard a story like this,” another witness, Lou Torres, said. “It was so strange that I couldn’t imagine any scenario that would cause this.”
Deputy District Attorney Aimee McLeod, meanwhile, described the defendant as “a great danger to the public,'' CBS8 reported.
Epoch Times contributed to this report, adding quotes.
