{"id":34951,"date":"2013-04-16T16:42:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T23:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=34951"},"modified":"2019-01-24T09:08:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T17:08:14","slug":"driver-charged-with-murder-bail-raised-in-fatal-freeway-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/04\/16\/driver-charged-with-murder-bail-raised-in-fatal-freeway-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver charged with murder, bail raised in fatal freeway crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The fatal collision occurred around 8:13 p.m. on April 13 on the 14 Freeway, just north of Avenue O in Palmdale. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 A 28-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the alleged DUI crash this past weekend that claimed the life of a 13-year-old Rosamond boy.<\/p>\n

Lancaster resident Peter Ramirez IV<\/strong> on Tuesday was charged with murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony DUI causing injury and driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08% or greater and causing an injury, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Ramirez appeared in an Antelope Valley courtroom Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to all charges. His bail was raised from $250,000 to $1 million, according to court records.<\/p>\n

Ramirez is accused of driving drunk on April 13 and causing a single-vehicle collision that killed a 13-year-old boy and put a 2-year-old girl in the hospital with injuries. The fatal collision happened around 8:13 p.m. on the northbound Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, just north of Avenue O in Palmdale.<\/p>\n

According to the California Highway Patrol, Ramirez was driving a 2007 Saturn Ion northbound on the freeway when he allowed the vehicle to travel onto the dirt center median.<\/p>\n

He turned the steering wheel to the right, and then the vehicle crossed all the northbound lanes, crashed into a raised dirt embanked and flipped onto its side, CHP officials said.<\/p>\n

A 13-year-old passenger died as a result of the collision, and a 2-year-old girl sustained abrasions to her body and a laceration on her head, CHP officials said.<\/p>\n

Ramirez sustained abrasions to his arms and legs, and he was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the Influence, according to CHP officials.<\/p>\n

Another adult riding in the vehicle \u2013 21-year-old Rosamond resident Matthew Tucker \u2013 was not injured in the collision, CHP officials said.<\/p>\n

After pleading not guilty to murder and three other felony DUI-related charges on Tuesday, Ramirez was ordered back to county jail. He is due back in court on April 26 for a preliminary hearing.<\/p>\n

Previous released story: UPDATED: Freeway crash kills 13-year-old, DUI suspected<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATED 4\/26\/13<\/span>: The preliminary hearing for Peter Ramirez that was scheduled for April 26 has been postponed to June 4, 2013, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 A 28-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the alleged DUI crash this past weekend that claimed the life of a 13-year-old Rosamond boy. Lancaster resident Peter Ramirez IV on Tuesday was charged with murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony DUI causing injury and driving with a blood alcohol […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1491],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}