SAN DIEGO — One of two men accused of killing four people in an alleged DUI crash early morning on July 19 pleaded not guilty in court.
Aleim Alvarez Garcia, 24, from San Marcos is behind bars with bail set at $1 million dollars.
According to CHP, Alvarez Garcia was driving a Toyota Tacoma on Southbound SR-163 at Interstate 805 before slamming into a Toyota Prius with 4 passengers, all in their 20's, killing them. Prosecutors said Alvarez Garcia’s blood alcohol content was .16.
Two victims died there at the scene, two other people died later at the hospital. One of those victims was hit a second time as a second Toyota Prius also crashed into the deadly crime scene.
CHP says a second Toyota Prius, driven by Edward Frederick Poss, 32, of San Diego drove through the debris field, hitting one of the victims who had been thrown from the car in the first crash.
CHP says Poss was also driving while intoxicated and will also have his own, separate day in court where he faces several charges.
"What I can say is they (crashes like this) are devastating. Think of this: think of the amount of people in four people's orbits who will be effected by this crime," said Deputy District Attorney Spencer Sharpe.
"Immediately after the collision another driver who was later determined to be under the influence entered the collision scene and hit one of the victims who had been ejected," Sharpe said.
Sharpe said that bystanders tried to help with the deadly crash as CHP officers showed up.
"A witness who had assisted with the defendant being removed from his vehicle which actually overturned due to the collision was seen trying to discard empty alcohol bottles over the road. Those were later recovered by CHP," Sharpe added.
Alavez Garcia's defense attorney didn't speak to CBS 8 on camera but says his client doesn't have a criminal history.
Prosecutors said the defendant should have known better.
"He had attended a criminal justice like classes at a California university and he admitted to remembering a specific program in high school that was two days of students going over the dangers of drinking and driving," Sharpe shared in court.
"It was a little under 3 hours after the collision and that 3 hour time is where we see the .16 come from," Sharpe informed.
Alavez Garcia's family came to support him in court. Also present in the proceeding was a large group of family and friends supporting the victims who died.
Alavez Garcia's next court date is set for August 20.
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