Family calls for change and accountability after Daly City couple is killed by a suspected DUI driver

The Brief

  • Augustin Garcia and Rhiannon Lawler – a Daly City couple who leave behind a blended family of eight children – were killed in a suspected DUI crash on Sunday.
  • The suspect was identified as 28-year-old Alvaro Fabian Caballero Arteaga of San Francisco.
  • Authorities said Caballero Arteaga had a blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit and was driving with a suspended license following a February misdemeanor DUI arrest in Alameda County.
  • The suspect is being held without bail on charges including two counts of murder.

DALY CITY, Calif. – A Daly City family is grieving the sudden loss of a husband and wife who were killed in a violent crash over the weekend by a suspected drunk driver with a history of driving under the influence.

Augustin Garcia was driving and his wife Rhiannon Lawler was in the front passenger seat of their car when they were struck around 2:30 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Flournoy Street and San Jose Avenue in Daly City.

The couple was returning home from visiting a friend when their gray sedan was T-boned by a white pickup truck, according to police and surveillance footage.

Devastated family demands accountability

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