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Carlsbad police are investigating a recent DUI hit-and-run crash that killed a local mother of three. NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes has new details on the charges the accused driver is now facing. Carlsbad police arrested a 26-year-old Escondido man after a suspected DUI hit-and-run crash Tuesday night killed Vanessa Wheyland, a local mother of three. The crash happened near Redwood Avenue and Carlsbad Boulevard, close to Tamarack Beach. Family friends said Wheyland was struck after a family walk.
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Police said the driver, Fernando Saldana, left the scene after the crash. 1 dead — Vanessa Wheyland Under California law, his prior conviction resulted in Saldana automatically being charged with murder. A local mother of three.
