Irvine Teenager Hit By Drunk Driver Dies

Ashton Sweet, 14, was pronounced dead after suffering irreversible brain damage after she was struck by a car driven by an alleged drunk driver. She was one of four girls in a Mercedes-Benz driven by one of the girls' fathers when the car collided with a truck near the intersection of Culver Drive and Irvine Boulevard.

The driver of the truck, Austin Farley of Irvine, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and was being held on $1-million bail. In 2009, He pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and battery on a police officer or emergency worker, according to the Orange County courts online database. In 2005, he pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended or revoked license and refusing to submit to a chemical test for driving under the influence.

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