Gianni Robinson was driving northbound on I-880 in Oakland on Nov. 29, 2025, when, according to police records, she crashed into another vehicle that had stopped ahead of her. Killed in the collision was 31-year-old Anmol-Kiran Kaur Bassi, who had halted in a lane on the highway.
Robinson was transported to Highland Hospital with injuries. A California Highway Patrol officer who took her statement wrote in a report that he noticed a strong odor of alcohol on her breath. The officer made Robinson take a sobriety test. They discovered her blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit, according to a CHP report. A passenger who had been riding with Robinson told the CHP that Robinson was drunk, according to police records.
Robinson was arrested and later charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence, according to court records. She has pleaded not guilty and has a pretrial hearing on Dec. 14…