Who Is Obdulia Sanchez? Teen Who Livestreamed Fatal Crash Heads To Court
The teenager accused of driving under the influence and live-streaming the car accident that killed her sister was set to appear in court Wednesday. Obdulia Sanchez, 18, was due to be arraigned later in the day after being charged with driving under the influence and causing bodily injury and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Sanchez was being held at the Merced County Jail in California on $300,000 bond. It remained unclear whether she had an attorney at this point.
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The teenager made headlines after live-streaming a graphic video of the car accident that killed her younger sister. In footage that surfaced on social media, Sanchez can be seen filming herself while driving and singing along to music as her 14-year-old sister and her friend sat in the backseat. Sanchez can then be seen turning the camera to the road in front of her before the video suddenly becomes blurry. The video then recorded the car crashing. The sound of metal can be heard scratching as the car rolled over and smashed through a barbed wire fence in Los Banos, California.
Sanchez reportedly lost control of the car and then attempted to overcorrect when the vehicle struck a fence and flipped over, officials from the California Highway Patrol told KTXL-TV. Her sister, Jacqueline Sanchez, died in the crash.
“[Jaqueline] was in the back seat of the vehicle and allegedly unseat-belted,” Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said. “Upon the vehicle rolling over, it ejected and killed her.”
Sanchez allegedly continued recording even after the crash as she realized her sister was dead. The other girl in the car, identified as Jaqueline’s girlfriend, Manuela Seja, was injured. Sanchez can be seen leaning over her sister’s body and speaking to her while continuing to record.
“Wake up, baby,” she can be heard saying. “I’m f****** sorry, baby, I did not mean to kill you sweetie. This is the last thing I wanted to happen, okay? Rest in peace, sweetie.”
Manuela told reporters she was attempting to flag down help while Sanchez continued to record video.
“Jacqueline, please wake up,” Sanchez said in the video. “I f****** killed my sister, ok? I know I’m going to jail for life.”
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The girls’ father, Nicandro Sanchez, told reporters he didn’t know how to feel after realizing one of his daughters was responsible for the death of the other.
“What I think is she knows she’s done something wrong,” he told KFSN-TV Monday. “Because she knows, and that’s what I feel. She feels bad for herself, but she killed her own sister.”
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