A 43 YEAR-OLD GONZALES WOMAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER WITH GROSS NEGLIGENCE. VIVIAN RAMIREZ SAID SHE WAS REACHING FOR A CELL PHONE (WHILE DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 101) IN FEBRUARY WHEN SHE RAN HER VEHICLE ACROSS THE CENTER DIVIDER AND THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF TRAFFIC, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON. THE 3 PEOPLE IN THAT VEHICLE SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE SUFFERED MODERATE TO SEVERE INJURIES IN A SERIES OF CHAIN- REACTION CRASHES THAT OCCURRED. THE 3 PEOPLE WHO DIED WERE ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM A FUNERAL IN KING CITY, AS WERE SOME OF THE OTHER INJURED PEOPLE. RAMIREZ IS DUE TO BE SENTENCED JULY 3RD IN A MONTEREY COUNTY COURT ROOM.
