SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, May 30, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced that Manuel Diaz-Chi, 28, was charged in connection to a fatal traffic collision in SOMA. He was arraigned on May 29, and pleaded not guilty to all charges and denied all allegations.

He is charged with vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated (PC 191.5(b)), driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury (VC 23153(a)) with an allegation and driving under the influence of alcohol with a .08 percent BAC causing injury. The criminal complaint also alleges that Mr. Diaz-Chi’s blood alcohol concentration was .15 percent or higher (VC 23578) and that he inflicted great bodily injury on the victim (PC 12022.7(b)).

According to court documents, on May 27, at 5:06 a.m., the defendant was driving a Mazda

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