Teen with history of driving offenses arrested on suspicion of DUI after Torrance cyclists are hit
A South Bay teen with a history of traffic offenses has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after her car allegedly plowed into a group of Torrance cyclists, critically injuring one, according to the Daily Breeze.
A car driven by Jaclyn Andrea Garcia, 19, swerved into a group of about a dozen cyclists who were making their way south on a residential street around 7:15 a.m. Sunday, the Daily Breeze reported.
Two of the bikers were injured, one of them critically. That biker, South Bay resident Adam Rybicki, 49, was taken to County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He suffered several broken bones and was in a coma.
State Department of Motor Vehicle records show Garcia, who has a valid driver’s license, has been convicted of four driving offenses since 2009.
In 2009, she was convicted of driving at an unsafe speed for prevailing conditions, speeding and a U-turn violation, according to DMV records. On Jan. 25, she was again convicted after receiving another speeding ticket, according to DMV records.
Police arrested Garcia on suspicion of driving under the influence, and she was released from a Torrance jail Sunday, the Breeze reported.
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Photo: Jaclyn Andrea Garcia, 19. Credit: Torrance Police
EDITOR'S PICKS:
GIRL........Come On. Have you not learned from your previous offenses? Several Broken bones?? Terrible! PUT HER IN JAIL!!!!!!
Posted by: Brenda G. | April 05, 2011 at 11:42 AM
lock her up for good !
Posted by: what a joke | April 05, 2011 at 11:55 AM
Stellar job of raising your daughter, mom & dad. If this was my kid, she would have lost her driving privileges a LONG time ago...
Posted by: Mark | April 05, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Look at her. She seems to be saying, "Yeah! So? I can plow into a bunch of bicyclists on my street. They shouldn't have been in my way." Hope they take her license away for good!
Posted by: Luis | April 05, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Wow 19 years old and a DUI related accident that put one person in a coma. I hope she doesn't have as many kids as she does traffic violations.
Posted by: James | April 05, 2011 at 12:09 PM
i bet she still has her DL though and probably drove home
Posted by: hapa | April 05, 2011 at 12:19 PM
Someone give this psycho a bus pass.
Posted by: db | April 05, 2011 at 12:21 PM
And of course this "winning individual" WILL HAVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO HER CAR AGAIN!
Posted by: John McCready | April 05, 2011 at 12:28 PM
This is just sad. She should lose her license.
Posted by: Eve Sanford | April 05, 2011 at 12:51 PM
I think I'll stay off the South Bay streets until this person is taken off the road. Is there such an offence as attempted vehicular manslaughter?
Posted by: Erwin | April 05, 2011 at 01:11 PM
Drunk at 7:15 am? What are you even doing awake at 7:15 am on Sunday morning, heading to confession? Doubt it. Get your priorities straight girl! When I was a teenager we all slept till noon on Sunday.
Posted by: Ned Flanders | April 05, 2011 at 01:19 PM
In no other First World nation would this woman still have had a valid driver's license. Now that she has (allegedly) driven her car into a group of defenseless people and almost killed someone, all while (allegedly) being drunk, she should never be allowed to drive again.
Posted by: truther | April 05, 2011 at 01:24 PM
Lock her up!
Posted by: PGelsman | April 05, 2011 at 01:59 PM
Yes! Release her! We need more cyclists with broken bones in a coma! I know she is driving right now under the influence of alcohol! HA! She is once again free to destroy healthy cyclists and all others. I applaud the system for keeping her on the streets, behind the wheel, and driving on booze. Maybe it will be kids next! Stay posted folks, as children are going to die next from this woman.
Posted by: Doug Schrecengost | April 05, 2011 at 02:24 PM
"In 2009, she was convicted of driving at an unsafe speed for prevailing conditions, speeding and a U-turn violation, according to DMV records. "
If she is 19 yo now, then she was 17 when the first offenses occurred. And she kept her license?
Posted by: Ken | April 05, 2011 at 03:03 PM
Take her off the streets before she kills somebody she DOES NOT know how to drive!!!
Posted by: malsings07 | April 05, 2011 at 03:26 PM
By any chance is Lindsey Lohan her role model?
Posted by: steve rodriguez | April 05, 2011 at 04:32 PM
She should have her license taken away for good as should anyone who commits a similar crime.
She should also be forced to go to rehab and be required to visit victims of drunk driving incidents in the hospital.
Posted by: 405 | April 05, 2011 at 05:45 PM
She should have learned from her past convictions!
I hope she realizes the gravity of what she did because she almost killed someone. A family almost lost one of its members because of her negligence.
Posted by: Grace Peterson | April 05, 2011 at 06:00 PM
Most of you are just plain stupid. Put her in jail for life? So you can pay for it? Get a grip, she needs help, do any of you care about people? Probably not as a fellow South Bay resident it's obvious you only care about your material issues and yourself. Get her out of a car, into therapy and lots of AA. Jail for sure but not life.
Posted by: Glass houses | April 05, 2011 at 06:28 PM
well, they should not be riding in the middle of the street even though this behavior is codified and encouraged nowadays. i would not take less than 10K to even attempt what typical cyclists (the ones that like wearing the special clothes) do as a matter or routine. most people are clueless drivers anyway and now its worse with continual texting and such, its like the act of driving is far too boring in and of itself. this really is not newsworthy anyway but i guess its becuase she is a girl.
Posted by: bill | April 05, 2011 at 07:26 PM
WHAT DOES IT TAKE? Obviously, it's not killing innocent people or putting them in a coma! Does anyone in government do their job? Lock this girl up and throw away the key!
Posted by: Judy | April 05, 2011 at 07:52 PM
give this poor girl a break. yes she made a mistake but the media twists things this incident happened at 7am she obviously had woken up not realized she was unsafe to drive and now shes facing severe jail time and a lifetime of regret. The last thing she needs is you low-lifes coming on her making judgements about her. My thoughts and prayers go out to Adam's family and friends this was a terrible tragedy that we should all learn something from.
Posted by: stop | April 05, 2011 at 08:40 PM
Wadda wanna bet she also didn't have insurance as required by law? A friend of mine was hit by an uninsured driver in Torrance. And nothing happened to the woman. She just gave the usual excuses. In the mean time, he had to pay for his own neck surgery.
Posted by: Ron Larson | April 05, 2011 at 08:47 PM
she looks really torn up about what she did. lock her up
Posted by: youdeaddumb | April 06, 2011 at 05:13 AM