Names of victims in fatal S. Tahoe crash released
Olga Penaarce, 20, of South Lake Tahoe will likely face felony driving under the influence homicide charges in the death of Aimee Campos, 21, of South Lake Tahoe. Penaarce was driving at a high-rate of speed Nov. 24 at about 4:30am when the vehicle veered off Pioneer Trail and hit a retaining wall at the corner of Edna Street. “No charges have been filed at this time because the investigation is on-going. Alcohol is suspected to be a contributing factor, however results of a blood alcohol test for the driver are pending,” Lt. Brian Williams told Lake Tahoe News. “We can say preliminarily that the vehicle appears to have been traveling at an extremely high rate of speed – perhaps 90-100 mph – before the driver evidently lost control. This is a preliminary estimate only.” Campos died at the scene. An autopsy is being conducted today, however lab results will not be available for several weeks. Penaarce and 25-year-old Wayne Walker of Sacramento were flown to Renown Medical Center in Reno with serious injuries. Both remained in the hospital Wednesday afternoon. “We will be conducting a detailed review of crush evidence on the body of the vehicle, the objects and evidence of what was found inside and/or ejected from the interior of the vehicle upon impact, examinations of objects struck by the vehicle, re-creating the scene with computer enhanced digital mapping, making comparisons of this information to collision scene photographs, working the results of mathematical figures to determine an accurate speed of the vehicle based upon number, type and location of skid marks,” Williams said.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
90-100mph… Wow! I would defiantly get a mathematician involved with these calculations… I’m not joking a second and third calculation is needed…. This is so horrible… Prayers go out to these families. When are these young kids going to learn that it can happen to YOU! It’s time to hug a little longer…
Sad. I never understood why drinking and driving makes some people go ridiculously fast. Any time I have even had 1 drink and get behind the wheel, I slow waaaay down.
I agree with bluewire
I agree with tahoebleuwire and Hmmm. Going 90 to 100 on pioneer trail is crazy. Never drink and drive! Always have a sober designated driver or call a cab. Cab fare is much cheaper than a dui and you don’t kill yourself or others.Even after just a few drinks your driving skills are impaired.
Going into the holiday season many folks have a few too many “hot toddys” and get behind the wheel and that’s not good.
So I wish you all well, and rink responsibly. OLS
If we can save one life by outlawing alcohol we should do it. Alcohol by its very nature makes people do really stupid things and has no useful purpose in society.
@legal-For this 20 year old driver alcohol was illegal.
My freind is gone…n i dont think thats her name we all now her by nayeli peña.not olga