Driver charged with DUI, manslaughter in 2024 fatal Fremont crash

FREMONT A man suspected of driving at least mph before crashing into the rear of another truck on Interstate last June leaving that driver dead has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and other crimes according to government and court records He has also been charged in an unrelated domestic violence related affair from last month The suspect Paul A Salas III of Fremont is also charged in the fatal crash with driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury and driving with a percent blood alcohol causing injury He was arrested at his Fremont home on March during a domestic violence development inspection He was formally charged in that matter on March with false imprisonment by violence possession of an undetectable firearm possession of an assault weapon and battery While in custody for that situation he was charged March in the freeway death situation records show It was not forthwith known why it took so long for charges to be filed in the freeway death event He has pleaded not guilty to the charges in both cases and has a pre-trial hearing scheduled for April His total bail for both cases is The freeway death happened abut p m June on northbound I- south of South Fremont Boulevard Killed was Robert Kwok Yu of Newark who died at the scene According to court records Salas was driving a Hyundai Sonata that crashed into the rear of a Toyota Prius driven by Yu that was stopped in a traffic lane due to construction work A witness later estimated to CHP officers that the Hyundai was going mph before the collision The impact caused the Toyota to push forward into a Tesla Model All three vehicles then spun out and collided with two other vehicles the records say No other injuries were communicated The records say Salas admitted being the driver of the Hyundai and noted that he had consumed alcohol before driving He also failed a field sobriety test the records say He was arrested that night But since he was not at once charged he was distributed from custody within a limited days apparently pending further inspection His March arrest that ended up with him being charged in the two cases happened after the woman who was the alleged victim in the domestic violence related event called police She disclosed she and Salas had been in a dating relationship for six months and that on March she was at his Fremont home She petitioned to use the bathroom and when she was done determined various items missing from her purse including her cell phone She demanded them back from Salas who refused began throwing items at her and forcibly pushed her towards a desk in a bedroom the records say Related Articles die in California freeway crash baby exposed alive buried in debris killed injured when speeding car filled with mostly California high school learner crashes into tree Appeals court Dublin school district not liable for late trustee s death CHP Man revealed dead in conveyance on Highway roadside in San Mateo County Man charged with murder in California police pursuit crash that killed woman She began fighting back and was shoved to the floor Salas then produced a knife and began cutting up pictures the records say The woman was able to briefly gain possession of the knife but it was eventually taken back by Salas After more physical contact between the two things began to calm down and Salas returned the items taken from the woman to her the records say When she saw an opportunity to leave she did and drove away in her wagon She also narrated police that she had seen a firearm in his apartment on prior occasions She informed police she did not call them right away because she was just thankful she had escaped and in shock about what had occurred the records say Fremont police went to his home on March where Salas denied any altercation or verbal argument with the woman He also claimed he did not have a firearm in the apartment but a search warrant served at the apartment turned up an un-serialized semi-automatic pistol the records say