Pregnant girl, unborn child killed by suspected drunk driver in head-on crash

A pregnant lady just a few weeks shy of her due date was killed alongside alongside together with her unborn daughter when a suspected drunk driver crashed into their car head-on in California over the weekend.

Nicole Ruddy, 33, who was 35 weeks pregnant, was sitting inside the entrance passenger seat of a Toyota Carolla heading north alongside freeway 495 when a Ford Explorer drove into oncoming guests and slammed into her car spherical 11:40 p.m. on Saturday, Fox 11 reported.

First responders rushed the pregnant lady to an house trauma center, the place every she and her unborn daughter whom she consider to name Amelia Grace had been pronounced lifeless, in line with KTLA.

The expectant mom’s husband, 36-year-old Andrew Ruddy, was moreover inside the car and suffered intensive accidents that reportedly required surgical process.

The suspect, 43-year-old Eddie Escobedo, survived the collision and was moreover taken to a neighborhood trauma center to be dealt with for “major injuries,” the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said.

Escobedo faces costs of gross vehicular manslaughter whereas intoxicated and DUI, authorities said.

“During the investigation, deputies determined Escobedo was under the influence of alcohol and over the California legal limit at the time of the crash,” investigators said.

Escobedo was later discharged from the hospital and booked into the county jail, the place he remained Wednesday in lieu of $600,000 bail. He is due once more in courtroom Thursday.

The description of a GoFundMe advertising marketing campaign that was launched to help the victims’ family praised Nicole “as a loving, compassionate, kind person who touched the lives of many people.”

According to the organizer of the fundraiser, the married mom-to-be ran a small enterprise as a wedding planner and generally volunteered at her native church.