Road Workers Killed In DUI Crash, One Arrested: Cops

A 30-year-old man was behind bars Friday on suspicion of killing two construction workers in an alcohol-fueled crash in Orange, police said.

Hipolito Paez-Vazquez was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and vehicular manslaughter, and was being held on $1 million bail at the Orange County Jail, police said.

The victims were working for an independent contractor on road work on East Santiago Canyon Road, east of Jamboree Road, when they were struck and killed at 8:48 p.m. Thursday, police said.

The suspect was driving west on East Santiago Canyon Road when he slammed into a pickup truck parked in a bike lane. The victims, whose names were withheld pending family notification, were apparently next to the truck and an "arrow board," said Sgt. Phil McMullin of the Orange Police Department.

Paez-Vazquez remained at the scene and was arrested, McMullin said.

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