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Driver in fatal Carson crash charged does immagrtion have something to do with this twice deported?

A motorist’s blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when his speeding truck plowed into a man’s car, killing the man, in Carson last week, sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday.

Quirino Mateo Antonio, 30, of Lomita, who was driving 95 mph with a blood-alcohol level of 0.19, was charged Tuesday with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and drunken driving causing death and injury.

The legal limit for driving in California is 0.08.

"He’s facing a lot of time," Carson sheriff’s traffic Investigator Jon Tedder said.

The Jan. 8 crash killed Juan Gabriel Ontiveros, a 32-year-old husband and father of four who was on his way home from his trucking job in Wilmington at 3:30 a.m. Investigators said Antonio was at the wheel of a Toyota Tacoma that hit Ontiveros’ 1987 Cadillac Coupe Deville broadside at Sepulveda Boulevard and Wilmington Avenue.

Investigators do not know if Antonio ran a red light. The intersection does not have red-light cameras, which would have taken photographs as the crash occurred.

Deputies know Antonio’s speed because his truck’s speedometer froze when it hit the passenger side of Ontiveros’ car without braking, Tedder said.

The truck, heading west on Sepulveda, barreled through the Cadillac, which was traveling north on Wilmington.

The collision completely knocked the Cadillac’s body off the frame, bending it into a U shape.

"The force of the collision was so great, Ontiveros’ body hitting the side door broke the door latches and the door bolts," Tedder said.
Ontiveros, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the car into the street. He landed 20 feet away.

Had he been wearing the seat belt, Ontiveros would have been burned because the Cadillac burst into flames, Tedder said.

Antonio, who was hospitalized along with his passenger, had attended a party earlier in the evening. A case of beer was also found in his truck.

Some bottles were opened and some were unopened. Many shattered in the crash, Tedder said.

"He was confused as to where he was," Tedder said. "He thought he was in Harbor City. He thought he was at Sepulveda and Vermont instead of Sepulveda and Wilmington."

Antonio works as banquet manager at the Bluewater Grill in Redondo Beach. A manager declined to comment.

Antonio pleaded not guilty Tuesday at his arraignment at the Compton courthouse. Commissioner Ron Slick ordered him held on $500,000 bail.

His attorney, Philip DeLuca, did not return a message.

State Department of Motor Vehicles records show the Mexican national had obtained a driver’s license in February 2003, but state authorities later deemed it invalid. Records show officials had made a request that he show proof of his Social Security number to validate the license.

That request remained current Tuesday.

In August 2003, Antonio was deported from the United States after he was detained in San Ysidro and determined to be an illegal immigrant, authorities said.

Antonio was ordered to leave the country and told he could not return legally for five years.

Ontiveros’ family held his funeral Monday, calling for an ambulance when his mother fainted three times during the service, said his brother-in-law, Efren Hernandez.

Ontiveros and his wife, Juanita, had been married for 17 years. Together, they had four children – a 16-year-old girl and boys ages 14, 13 and 8.

They bought a two-bedroom home a year ago. He worked two trucking jobs to pay the mortgage.

Hernandez said his sister has accepted the fact that she will raise the children alone.

"My brother-in-law wanted them to have a profession," Hernandez said. "She is going to try to keep his promise to her kids to help them go to college. She has accepted he is dead. It’s still painful." http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_7983087

this is very sad… if they want better lives for them and there families why not do it the right way? the legal way? and if you do it illegaly why would they want to go by the books and not bring attention to themselves by comitting crimes that could cause there families hardship and them to be deported? i don’t get it…

  1. Rabbit
    April 7th, 2010 at 14:58 | #1

    The article is your answer.
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  2. Sunshine
    April 7th, 2010 at 15:45 | #2

    this is very sad… if they want better lives for them and there families why not do it the right way? the legal way? and if you do it illegaly why would they want to go by the books and not bring attention to themselves by comitting crimes that could cause there families hardship and them to be deported? i don’t get it…
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  3. Saratoga60
    April 7th, 2010 at 15:50 | #3

    Again another example of a stronger border patrol force .
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  4. Joe Iwojima
    April 7th, 2010 at 16:01 | #4

    typical
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