Murder trial begins for repeat DUI offender and wrong-way driver in 55-5 freeway ramp crash

A repeat DUI offender sped the wrong way along a freeway for more than five miles before crashing into an oncoming vehicle, killing another driver, a prosecutor told jurors on Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court.
Ivan Gonzalez, 31, faces a second-degree murder charge for the death of 33-year-old Michael Johnston Jr., as well as two additional felony driving-under-the-influence charges for seriously injuring a woman who was a passenger in Johnston’s vehicle.
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