Jaime Garcia and Karen Devora Arrested after DUI Crash on Interstate 15 [Temecula, CA]

US Border Patrol Agent Injured in Temecula Accident on Interstate 15 and Rainbow Valley Boulevard

TEMECULA, CA (December 14, 2021) – Monday, authorities arrested Jaime Garcia and Karen Devora in a DUI crash on Interstate 15.

Moreover, the accident happened at around 2:20 a.m., CHP Officer Mike Lassig Revealed.

Apparently, Border Patrol agents from the USBP Murrieta station operated the checkpoint.

This incident occurred on northbound I-15 at Rainbow Valley Boulevard.

Dispatch logged the crash site along the boundary separating Riverside and San Diego counties.

As an agent stood within the checkpoint stop zone, in the middle of the No. 2 lane, the crash happened. 30-year-old Jaime Alejandro Garcia of San Bernardino went into the zone at 60 mph in his 2013 Mini Cooper. Indeed, he completely failed to slow for the agents.

Then, he hit the agent in the No. 2 lane and “propelled up and over the Mini Cooper (and) landed on I-15 traffic lanes.”

More Details on the Temecula Crash

“(Garcia) continued to drive his vehicle northbound on I-15,” the CHP spokesman revealed. “USBP agents caught up to the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop approximately one mile from the collision scene.”

Thus, authorities arrested Jaime Garcia without incident. Then, authorities immediately determined that Garcia was under the influence.

Meanwhile, the authorities also arrested Garcia’s passenger. 28-year-old Karen Vianey Devora of San Bernardino was detained on suspicion of obstructing law enforcement officers and booked into the Byrd Detention Center. Ultimately, authorities set her bail to $5,000.

Authorities arrested Garcia and booked him into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta. Moreover, he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, hit-and-run resulting in great bodily injury, and DUI resulting in injuries. His bail was set to $75,000.

Meanwhile, responders took the Border Patrolman to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar with major life-threatening injuries.

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