Intoxicated Santa Maria Man Convicted of Second-Degree Murder for Fatal Highway 101 Crash
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – A Santa Maria man has been convicted of second-degree murder by a San Luis Obispo County jury for driving intoxicated and the wrong direction on Highway 101 in Nipomo, resulting in the death of a 14-year-old passenger. Earnesto Nava Herrera, the defendant, was driving heavily intoxicated when he collided with metal pipe fencing and a tree, then fled the scene in his vehicle and entered Highway 101 in the wrong …