A GoFundMe account established to help the family of an 8-year-old girl killed in a suspected DUI crash in Perris that critically injured her father and brother was nearing its $40,000 goal Friday.
There were 584 donations totaling $34,725, 87% of the goal, as of early Friday morning.
The Aug. 15 crash at the intersection of Ramona Expressway and Rider Street killed Camila Leon and critically injured her father Andres and brother Dominic, according to the GoFundMe page.
A vigil was held Thursday night at the crash site on what would have been Camila’s ninth birthday.
Silvia Corona, 52, of San Jacinto, pleaded not guilty Monday to second-degree murder and four counts of DUI resulting in great bodily injury. She is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Smith Correctional Facility.
According to a sheriff’s bail-setting affidavit, at 5:35 p.m. Aug. 15, Corona was driving her 2017 Lexus RX350 southbound on the Ramona Expressway “at an unsafe speed” that left virtually no possibility for her to stop when the traffic light at the Expressway and Rider Street changed.
“Corona proceeded into the intersection on a red signal and broadsided a 2018 Lexus that was making a lawful left turn from Rider,” the declaration said. “Corona had made no attempt to stop prior to the collision and had been traveling at such a high rate of speed, it took her vehicle 326 feet to stop after the collision while driving uphill and out of control.”
An intake blood sample showed Corona had an 0.28% blood-alcohol level, according to the sheriff’s statement, more than three times the 0.08%.legal limit to drive.