North Lake Tahoe driver booked in fatal DUI crash
Submitted by paula on Mon, 03/09/2015 - 8:14pm
A vehicle passenger is dead and the driver booked on suspicion of DUI in a fatal crash along Lake Tahoe's North Shore.
Killed in the crash was Daniel Koenig, 24, of Tahoe City, a passenger in Subaru Outback that crashed into a power pole about 2:20 a.m. Saturday along California 28, the California Highway Patrol said.
Koenig, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, west of Ridgewood Drive, the CHP said.
The driver, Kelley Smith, 23, of Tahoe City, was arrested on suspicion of DUI and being involved in a collision causing major injury and/or death, the CHP said.
Smith, who received minor injuries, was booked into Placer County Jail, the CHP said
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