Family Grieves Loss of 3 Brothers Killed in Sutter County DUI Crash - FOX40
SUTTER COUNTY- A family is grieving the loss of three brothers killed in a head-on DUI crash. The crash happened about 3:45 p. m. Saturday on State Road 113 near Schlagle Road. Flores said 21-year-old Carlos Blanco, 19-year-old Antonio Blanco, and 15-year-old Lucas Blanco were riding in their 1991 Honda Accord on State Road 113, when Michael Allan Jones slammed his 2007 Ford F-250 into them. “I heard a loud boom, and my dad called 911, the car was smoking, and within a minute, maybe, it burst into flames,” Christy said. Passers-by like George Smith immediately jumped out of their cars to help. “One of the gentlemen was a volunteer fireman, and he actually started watering down the car, and I was on the other side trying to use a fire extinguisher, but it just didn’t work,” Smith said. Smith said a woman threw him a fire extinguisher to battle the flames, but it was too small, and too late. I can feel my facial hair… it was about to melt,” Smith said. California Highway Patrol said Jones, 38, of Oroville, lost control of his truck, veered onto the wrong side of the road, and struck the Blancos’ car, flipping it. The brothers were pinned underneath the burning car. “The mother and grandmother showed up, and as soon as the mother found out, she just straight up passed out right there,” Smith said. Source: fox40.com
