Suspected DUI driver identified in crash that killed man and child in Merced County

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A man and a child are dead after a suspected DUI driver crashed head-on into their car in Merced County.

The California Highway Patrol says the crash happened on Highway 165 and Turner Avenue at 12:20 a.m. Saturday.

Officers say a 20-year-old Melissa Rosales was speeding in a BMW when she collided head-on with a Honda carrying a man in his 40s and a child from Ceres.

The man and child died at the scene. Rosales was taken to a hospital in Modesto with major injuries.

Investigators say Rosales was drunk at the time of the crash.

She will be arrested for felony DUI and vehicular manslaughter once she's released from the hospital.