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18-year-old woman arrested after live streaming crash that left her 14-year-old sister dead

Posted at 11:09 AM, Jul 24, 2017
and last updated 2017-07-24 14:09:29-04

An 18-year-old Stockton woman is in jail accused of driving under the influence during a deadly crash Friday. The live Instagram recording shows Obdulia Sanchez next to a dead crash victim, according to our sister station KFSN in Fresno.

Authorities said a 14-year-old died in the crash and, in the video, she references the victim as her sister. The CHP says two minors were in the back seat and were not wearing seatbelts. 

The CHP said Sanchez was under the influence when she rolled her car over, into a barbed wire fence and then a field. The Merced County Sheriff said a 14-year-old Jacqueline Sanchez was killed in the crash near Henry Miller Road and Highway 165.

"She was in the back seat of the vehicle and allegedly unseatbelted, and upon the vehicle rolling over, it ejected her and killed her," Sheriff Vern Warnke said. 

"I killed my sister, but I don't care," she said in the video. "I killed my sister. I know I'm going to prison, but I don't care. I'm sorry baby. I'm a hold it down."

Mary Hernandez of Stockton recorded the live stream.

"At first we didn't even want to believe it was real," she said. "I recorded it and posted it mainly because as someone who uses Snapchat I see a lot of people driving with their Snapchats doing what she was doing so to me it was like an eye opener."

Family members confirm the video was shot by Obduilia Sanchez. They said the vicitm, Jacqueline Sanchez of Stockton, was supposed to celebrate her Quinceanera Sunday. 

A 14-year-old girl from Fresno was also in thecar and was badly injured. 

Sanchez is now in the Merced County Jail on charges of vehicular manslaughter while under the influence and DUI. 

Family members started aGoFundMe page for Jacqueline's funeral expenses.