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Woman Killed By Drunk Driver In El Cajon ID'd
Cydil Kohlmeyer Is Survived By 2 Daughters, Son
POSTED: 10:13 am PST November 22, 2009
UPDATED: 6:48 pm PST November 23, 2009
EL CAJON, Calif. -- Authorities Monday released the name of a 35-year-old woman killed by a pickup truck that went off a road and wound up crashing into a parked vehicle, a fence and a house.Cydil Deann Kohlmeyer was walking on the street when she was fatally struck about 9:20 p.m. Saturday in the 1200 block of Pepper Drive in an unincorporated area north of El Cajon, according to the California Highway Patrol and the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.The pickup, driven by 51-year-old Deborah Felix, was eastbound when it went off the right side of the road, said CHP Officer Brian Pennings."It continued on and collided with several mail boxes, a parked pickup truck, a fence, crossed two front yards and hit (the house at) 1249 Pepper Drive," Pennings said.He said several neighbors heard the crash and ran outside."They saw Ms. Felix in the seat of her car and saw her start to run from the scene," Pennings said. "They caught up to her and detained her."Pennings said she was taken to a hospital and arrested on suspicion of felony drunken driving. She'll also face a vehicular manslaughter charge.Kohlmeyer was rushed to Sharp Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly before midnight, the Medical Examiner's Office reported.
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