Stuart Elder, 31, of Pacific Grove, has been charged with two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated with a special enhancement of causing great bodily injury to a third person stemming from an April accident that killed two women and injured a third.
The charges follow a nearly seven-month investigation into the April 7 accident at Sloat Road and Bird Rock Road. Investigators say Elder's Cadillac Escalade crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a vehicle containing Linda Larone, 65, and Sharon Daly, 72, both of Pebble Beach.
Elder's passenger, Selvia Gattas, who was 20 at the time of the accident, was seriously injured in the crash. She was airlifted to Stanford Medical Center.
Elder has been free on $430,000 bail and faces arraignment on Nov. 8. If convicted on all charges he faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in state prison. The charges were announced Monday in a press release from Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo.
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Fifteen years max for killing 2 people and severely injuring a third?
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