Trial in 2022 double-fatal alleged DUI crash postponed to October
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The trial of a woman who was allegedly drunk when she crashed four years ago on Interstate 5, killing two passengers, was postponed Wednesday to late October. Deleah Johnson is now scheduled for trial Oct. 26 on charges including gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. On Aug. 27, 2022, Johnson drove a silver Toyota Solara that rolled down an embankment just north of Lebec Service Road, according to California Highway Patrol. Tony Ray Charles III, 20, and Erica Hayden, 18, were thrown from the vehicle. Charles was declared dead at the scene and Hayden was taken to Kern Medical, where she died days later, according to coroner’s officials. Johnson, 18 at the time, provided breath samples at the scene that measured her blood-alcohol content at 0.15 and 0.14%, nearly twice the legal driving limit of 0.08%, according to CHP. A records check showed Johnson had not been issued a driver’s license, officers said. She’s free on $120,000 bail.
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