A 19-year-old La Palma man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter in connection with a Westminster crash that left a woman dead.

Jayson Otto was driving a vehicle carrying three passengers when it crashed into concrete barricades at Westminster Boulevard and Rancho Road on Dec. 6, according to a Saturday news release from the Westminster Police Department. Jayda Jean Feeney, an 18-year-old from Huntington Beach, died at the scene; two other passengers, aged 16 and 17, received medical treatment for “unknown injuries,” police said.

Drugs or alcohol are thought to have caused the crash, the release said, adding that Otto was taken into custody and booked into Orange County Jail.

As of Saturday, Otto had posted in bond and been released from jail. It was not immediately clear when he was next due in court.

Jayda Jean Feeney. (Photo courtesy GoFundMe)

A GoFundMe page set up for Feeney said she was a senior in high school and had celebrated her 18th birthday less than a month before the crash.

“Jayda was wickedly smart, energetic and had a laugh that would cause you to burst into laughter yourself,” the page said.

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