Drunk killer driver moved from hospital to jail

Arturo Gómez Sousa-Lennox,  the driver of the ATV  that collided head-on with the sedan driven by Ana Karen Pérez, 28, accompanied by her four-year-old daughter, on the Bridge of the Americas, on Saturday night, May 5, will be transferred to the La Chorrera public jail.

The Public Ministry (MP) reported that the order was, made, Tuesday, May 15, by the judge of guarantees, Xavier Alexis Flores, at the request of prosecutor Anabellys Jaén.

Gómez Sousa-Lennox, who was impaired at the time of the incident had been in a private hospital under police guard and has been charged with aggravated manslaughter. At an appeals hearing on Monday, it was revealed that he had injured four people in an accident in March while drunk. At the same hearing, his no-show lawyer was fined   $300  by the judge.

Ana Karen Pérez died the day of the accident, while the child was taken to the Children’s Hospital.