By Bee Staff
A driver who allegedly struck the car of a Galt woman while intoxicated on Sunday, killing the woman and her infant son has been arraigned on vehicular manslaughter and another charge, according to Sacramento Superior Court records.
Xieng Khan Her (photo left), 22, is in Sacramento County jail on $500,000 bail, jail records show. In addition to the manslaughter charge, he is charged with driving while under the influence and causing injury to another, court and jail records show.
On Sunday, Sgt. Scott Baland of the California Highway Patrol said the woman and child were waiting at a south Sacramento intersection at 4:30 a.m. when a car operated by Her slammed into the back of their Honda Accord at high speed.
The Sacramento County Coroner's Office identified the victims as 23-year-old Nancy Angelica Naranjo and 8-month-old Joshua Bonton.
Naranjo had been driving north on Stockton Boulevard and was waiting at the signal light at Orange Avenue.
"Just as the light cycled to green, the Toyota 4Runner rear-ended the Honda and propelled it into the intersection about 200 feet, spinning both cars around as they became entangled," Baland said.
The infant was in a child car seat. The toddler and the woman died at the scene, before CHP officers arrived, he said.
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