The woman charged in a deadly DUI crash that killed an unhoused man and injured a woman in the Tower District earlier this week appeared in court Friday morning on DUI and manslaughter charges.
A small memorial sits on East Fern Avenue in the Tower District, a reminder of an unhoused man killed early Wednesday morning. Fresno police said he and an unhoused woman were pinned between the Dollar Tree and a car after being hit by a DUI driver.
The man died at the scene, the woman was taken to Community Regional Medical Center.
The driver, Cameron Aguilar, was arraigned on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence, and DUI causing injury.
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Action News was not allowed to show the 25-year-old’s face in court.
Aguilar cried as she walked into the courtroom and throughout the hearing, pleading not guilty to all charges.
Prosecutors say Aguilar had been at Strummer’s bar early Wednesday morning, before returning to her home behind the bar, then got into her car, allegedly telling police she was trying to drift.