A Ventura County woman has been arrested on manslaughter charges for a head-on traffic collision that left a mother and her son dead.
The crash happened on July 2 in Fillmore. Ventura County Sheriff’s investigators say a car driven by Myryram Castillo was headed east on Highway 126 when she crossed into the westbound side of the roadway.
The Fillmore woman crashed into a car driven by Maria DonDiego of Oxnard. She and her five-year-old son were fatally injured. Two other children in the car were seriously injured.
Investigators say Castillo is facing two counts of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
