One person died after a crash on Highway 44 in East Redding Friday night. Shortly before 11 O’clock 29-year-old Anthony Carsella of Palo Cedro was driving a Dodge Ram 1500 westbound on 44 east of Shasta View Drive when he ran into the back of a Honda Accord driven by 44-year-old Ay Song Saechao of Redding. That caused the Honda to veer off the road and crash through a fence and into the side of a storage business. Carsella pulled over and waited for the CHP. He had minor injuries. Neither of the Honda occupants were wearing seatbelts. Saechao was uninjured. His passenger, a 36-year-old woman, later died of her injuries. Witnesses said Carsella had been driving recklessly at very high speed before the crash. He was arrested for felony drunk driving.
-Steve Gibson