Manslaughter Charge Filed After Fatal Fresno DUI Collision

(KMJ) – A collision Sunday Night in Southeast Fresno kills a father of five and lands a 31-year old behind bars.

Fresno Police say this all happened just before 10 p.m. Sunday at Kings Canyon and Maple.  There, officers say a vehicle driven by 31-year old Gustavo Blanco ran a stop sign and collided with a car driven by 40-year old Shawn Milton.  The impact killed the father of five (who was expecting a six child next month) and sent his unidentified passenger to Community Regional Medical Center in critical but stable condition.

Blanco was also treated at CRMC and then booked into the Fresno County Jail for vehicular manslaughter and felony D.U.I.