GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A driver faces vehicular homicide charges after a deadly DUI crash in that killed both of his passengers.
Gwinnett County Police say the 23-year-old driver lost control of his Dodge Charger around 12:15 a.m. Friday while attempting to negotiate a curve near Oak Road.
The vehicle swerved off the roadway and slammed into a guardrail, according to police.
Uziel Carrillo told investigators he wanted to drop his friend off at home faster, so he put the “pedal to the floor,” according to the warrant.
The two people he was trying to get home faster never made it home at all. Both passengers died in the crash.
“At some point when driving intoxicated, he lost control of the vehicle and caused the death of his two passengers,” Corporal Ryan Winderweedle of the Gwinnett County Police told Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson.
Officers arrived to find Carrillo alive at the scene. Police say he showed all six signs of intoxication during the field sobriety test along with slurred speech and the smell of alcohol.
“Alcohol impairs your motor function and your mental function to be able to react to things,” Winderweedle said.
Carrillo now faces two counts of homicide by vehicle in the first degree along with DUI and reckless driving charges.
He remains in custody at the Gwinnett County Jail.
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