(FOX40.COM) — Two young children and an adult man are dead after a two-vehicle head-on DUI crash in Stockton on Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP said officers responded to reports of a fatal crash around 9:19 p.m. in the area of Mariposa Road, west of Dobbs Road.
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Authorities said that a Ford was traveling eastbound on Mariposa Road while a Hyundai, occupied by a mother, a father and three children, was traveling westbound on Mariposa Road.
The driver of the Ford crossed into the westbound lane directly into the path of the Hyundai, resulting in a head-on crash, CHP said.
The right front passenger in the Hyundai, the father, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
All three children were taken to the hospital, where two of them, a 4-year-old and the 2-year-old, were pronounced dead. The 1-year-old was hospitalized with major injuries, officers said.
The mother who was driving the Hyundai was hospitalized with major injuries.
The driver of the Ford was taken to the hospital for moderate injuries and was arrested for driving under the influence.
Natalie Sierra
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