DOUBLE FATAL ACC S.S.

2 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT ON SOUTHBOUND HIGHWAY 101, IN THE SOLEDAD AREA LAST NIGHT. A CHILD, AND AN ELDERLY WOMAN, WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, AFTER THEY WERE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE IN WHICH THEY WERE RIDING WITH 3 OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS (WHO SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES). THE FAMILY?S MINIVAN WENT OUT OF CONTROL WHEN IT WAS SIDESWIPED, AFTER ANOTHER DRIVER REPORTEDLY LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE WHILE RACING DOWN HIGHWAY 101. ALTHOUGH THE DRIVER WHO CAUSED THE ACCIDENT RAN FROM THE SCENE, HE WAS ARRESTED A SHORT TIME LATER. HE WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF FELONY D.U.I., HIT AND RUN, AND VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER.