A PACIFIC GROVE BUILDER’S ATTORNEY SAID, HIS CLIENT WAS NOT
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL ON APRIL 7TH DURING A
COLLISION WITH A VEHICLE, THAT LEFT 2 WOMEN DEAD AND ONE
SERIOUSLY INJURED. 30-YEAR-OLD STUART ELDER WAS ARRESTED
ON SUSPICION OF VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER AND DRIVING UNDER
THE INFLUENCE. THE CRASH TOOK PLACE IN PEBBLE BEACH
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE PEBBLE BEACH FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL
ENDED. CHIEF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY TERRY SPITZ SAID
HIS OFFICE IS STILL WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF A BLOOD ALCOHOL
TEST. ELDER EXPRESSED HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES
OF THE WOMEN THAT LOST THEIR LIVES.
