A 21-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday in connection with a Santa Clarita crash earlier this month that killed a mother of six who was returning home from a hospital visit with her twin babies at a local hospital, authorities said.
Kate Evans is seen with her twins in a photo posted to a YouCaring page.
Alexia Cina, of Canyon Country, was arrested on suspicion of felony vehicular manslaughter and felony DUI causing injury, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
On the night of Oct. 6, Cina was traveling southbound on Golden Valley Road near Valley Center Drive when her car crossed the center divider and collided head-on with a vehicle being driven by 37-year-old Katie Evans, the release stated.
Evans was killed as she was driving home from a hospital visit with her twin preemies, who were not yet 8 weeks old yet. She was about a mile from her Saugus residence when the fatal crash took place.
Toxicology tests showed that Cina had a blood alcohol level of .21, more than twice the legal limit, the release stated.
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station spokeswoman Shirley Miller told KTLA after the crash that investigators were awaiting toxicology test results before making an arrest.
The department is not releasing her booking photo, Miller said.
A YouCaring fundraising page set up to help the Evans family has received an outpouring support, raising more than $300,000 as of Wednesday evening.
KTLA’s Nidia Becerra contributed to this story.
The Evans family is seen in a photo posted posted to a YouCaring page.
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