Kellie Michelle Coahran, 50, killed in crash with suspected drunk driver Angel Ivan Martinez, 21, on Hoen Avenue in Santa Rosa, California
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Officers and Santa Rosa firefighters arrived to Hoen Avenue crash near Cypress Avenue and found the Challenger in the middle of the street, the damaged Prius on the side and the destroyed Mazda with the woman and her dog inside, dead from the impact.
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Police said the 21- year-old at the wheel of the other car, Angel Ivan Martinez, was traveling an estimated 90 mph when he struck the van where Michelle was sleeping with her dog outside the Hoen Avenue home where she rented a room.
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Angel Martinez, 21, did not enter a plea to the charges, and Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Mark Urioste set his bail at $125,000. Martinez’s attorney Izaak Schwaiger said his client’s family was expected to post bail Wednesday afternoon.
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