Marine Charged with Gross Vehicular Manslaughter

Marine Charged with Gross
Vehicular Manslaughter

July 20, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Joe Scott, Director of Communications
Sandi Gibbons, Public Information Officer
Jane Robison, News Secretary
Shiara Dávila, Assistant PIO
(213) 974-3525

VAN NUYS – A 22-year-old Marine who allegedly was driving drunk when he struck and killed a grandmother in front of her Reseda home on Sunday was charged today with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, the District Attorney’s office announced.

Richard Albert Bultron, (dob 12-23-87), is scheduled to be arraigned sometime after 1:30 p.m. at Van Nuys Superior Court, Department 100, said Deputy District Attorney Eduards Abele.

Chandrika de Silva, 51, had just gotten out of her family’s vehicle parked in front of their driveway at Strathern Street and Wilbur Avenue when a Jeep allegedly driven by Bultron struck de Silva’s car, pinning her between the two vehicles. She was killed and her 5-year-old grandson, who was still inside the car, was seriously injured. De Silva’s husband, who had gotten out of the vehicle earlier to open the gate, was uninjured.

Bultron, charged in case LA065603, was also charged with DUI causing injury and driving with a .08 percent or higher blood alcohol causing injury. He is being held on $130,000 bail. If convicted, he faces more than 11 years in state prison.

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