Woman arrested in connection with alleged DUI hit-and-run that killed Carlsbad mother
Police say Rivera helped the driver after the crash and tried to report the vehicle stolen as investigators found the car a mile away.
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Woman arrested in connection with alleged DUI hit-and-run that killed Carlsbad mother
Catalina Rivera was arrested for being an accessory after the fact and filing a false police report following a September 15 DUI hit-and-run in Carlsbad that killed 45-year-old Vanessa Wheyland.
Woman accused of helping driver in suspected Carlsbad DUI hit-and-run | The Coast News Group
CARLSBAD — Police have arrested a woman suspected of helping the driver after a suspected DUI hit-and-run that killed Carlsbad resident Vanessa Wheyland last week. Wheyland, 45, was crossing Carlsbad Boulevard at Redwood Avenue with her husband and 12-year-old son when she was struck by a vehicle around 7:45 p.m....
Investigators arrested 23-year-old Catalina Orjuela Rivera, a resident of Carlsbad, on suspicion of being an accomplice to the hit-and-run.
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