US Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Silva
FREMONT, California 鈥� A Filipino-American who had returned from Afghanistan only last month, was killed in vehicular crash March 25 when a drunken driving suspect rammed into the motorcycle the victim was riding.
Lance Cpl. , 23, of Union聽City, was killed on Fremont Blvd. and Decoto Road. Police arrested Alexander Yohn, 23, of Emeryville. He is married and has a young child.
Silva was a U.S. Marine reservist who had returned from Afghanistan in聽February.
The incident began about 1 a.m. when an employee of a Taco Bell restaurant near Fremont Boulevard and Bonde Way saw Yohn, who was driving a Mini Cooper in the drive-through, acting belligerently and appearing intoxicated .
Yohn tried to pay for food with a health care card and then left his wallet behind, police聽said. The employee called police.
Yohn left in his car at a high speed. A police officer who saw the suspect tried to stop him. The suspect reportedly ran a red light and crashed into Silva, who was thrown several feet in the air. Silva died at the scene.
Yohn crashed his car into a utility pole and tried to flee. Police caught him and took him into custody.
He is charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and hit-and-run causing death or injury. His bail was set at $150,000. Yohn is to appear March 27 at the Fremont Hall of Justice pending a review of the case by Alameda County聽prosecutors.