UCSB CRASH VICTIMS NAMED.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer A UCSB UCSB University of California at Santa Barbara UCSB University of Casual Sex and Beer freshman accused of slamming his Saab into five people at a popular nighttime hangout area near the campus faces arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted Tuesday. David Edward Attias, an 18-year-old from Santa Monica, was booked Friday without bail on suspicion of felony driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol and vehicular homicide with gross negligence An indifference to, and a blatant violation of, a legal duty with respect to the rights of others. Gross negligence is a conscious and voluntary disregard of the need to use reasonable care, which is likely to cause foreseeable grave injury or harm to persons, property, or , the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department reported. The Coroner's Office on Sunday released the names of the four people who died: Nicholas Shaw Bourdakis, 20, a University of California, Santa Barbara History The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State , student from Contra Costa County; Christopher Edward Divis divis devils shown as cat-headed men with horns and hooves. [Pers. Myth.: Barber & Riches] See : Devil, Monsters , 20, a UCSB student from San Diego County; Elie Israel, 27, of San Francisco; and Ruth Dasha Golda Levy, 20, a Santa Barbara City College As of 2004, total enrollment of full-time and part-time students reached 17,000. It is currently led by President John Romo, who will be retiring at the end of Spring 2008 after seven years with the institution. student from San Francisco. Levy's brother, Albert Arthur Levy, 27, of San Francisco, suffered major injuries to his lower limbs and head wounds. He was in critical condition at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a hospital in the city of Santa Barbara, California. It is owned and operated by Cottage Health Systems. It is the only Level II trauma center between Los Angeles (south) and the Bay Area (north) on coastal California. intensive care unit and was expected to survive, said Santa Barbara sheriff's Lt. Michael Burridge. Attias is reported to be the son of a television director Daniel Attias and his wife, Diana. ``He has never been arrested in our county or had any (prior) contacts with our department,'' Burridge said. ``He has not had any prior criminal history to our knowledge.'' Burridge said the department is checking into the possibility that the crash was intentional, which is part of a routine investigation. He said news accounts of witnesses reporting Attias shouting ``I am the Angel of Death'' have not been confirmed. ``We have been unable to confirm or locate those witnesses,'' Burridge said. Burridge said it would take four to seven days for the results of Attias' blood-alcohol test. Officials said the suspect was speeding at close to 60 mph in a 25 mph zone when he hit several parked cars at 11:08 p.m. before slamming into the five pedestrians, who were walking down the street next to the cars. The suspect's 1991 Saab finally came to a stop after it was disabled. |
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