The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office has charged Oscar Villa (Age 25 of Rancho Cucamonga) with manslaughter.
CASE SYNOPSIS
On Friday, November 15, 2019, deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department responded to a traffic collision at Mountain View Drive and Terra Vista Parkway in the city of Rancho Cucamonga. An occupant in one of the vehicles, Jade Christine Abrantes, later died at a hospital.
An investigation was initiated and Oscar Villa was arrested.
After reviewing this case, our office has charged Villa with the following violation of the California Penal Code:
Penal Code Section 192(c)(1) – Vehicular Manslaughter
Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice. It is of three kinds:
(a) Voluntary—upon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion.
(b) Involuntary—in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony; or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection. This subdivision shall not apply to acts committed in the driving of a vehicle.
(c) Vehicular—
(1) Except as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 191.5, driving a vehicle in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony, and with gross negligence; or driving a vehicle in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, and with gross negligence.
CASE INFORMATION
DA Case Number: 2020-00-0013658
Court Case Number: FWV20002042
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