Crash Involving Speeding Drunk Driver Kills 2

A “horrific” crash in Northern California involving a speeding drunk driver left a 14-month-old girl and her mother dead and two other children injured, police said Sunday. The crash occurred Saturday evening in the city of Livermore when the driver lost control near a curve, jumped a curb, struck two trees and plowed into a backyard where a family was celebrating the First Communion of a child, KGO-TV reported. “This is a horrific and unfortunate event and the Livermore Police Department offers its condolences to the families involved,” police spokesman Officer Ryan Sanchez said.