After arraignment of driver Carlos Manuel Garcia Santo, the Rios family calls for stricter consequences for his role in the fatal collision
The community of San Juan is still reeling from a tragic head-on collision that claimed the life of Roberto Rios. In the wake of the incident, the second driver involved, Carlos Manuel Garcia Santo, was arraigned via video call on charges of intoxication manslaughter, with his bond set at $75,000. Garcia was driving a white Chevy Silverado when he collided head-on with Rios’s SUV, resulting in Rios’s death at the scene.
The Rios family is now voicing their dissatisfaction with the bond amount, believing it to be insufficient for the gravity of Garcia’s actions. “It is ridiculous how they gave him such a low bond,” a family member lamented. “Both drivers are at fault, but even more so, the driver of the Chevy Silverado who crashed into Roberto.”
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