DUNLAP, Calif. (KFSN) — A man who was allegedly driving impaired when he caused a crash that killed a woman Wednesday has been identified.
The California Highway Patrol says 41-year-old Zachary Kinberger was driving a Tesla when it crossed into oncoming traffic on Hwy 180 and hit 34-year-old Misty Lynn’s Kia Soul head-on, killing her.
Before authorities released Lynn’s identity, they had initially reported that the victim was a woman in her 20s.
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Following the crash, Kinberger was arrested and taken to the hospital, where he remains with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
A 21-year-old passenger and two young children were also in the car with him at time. Those three passengers are expected to be okay.
The crash on Wednesday was not the first time Kinberger was arrested for driving impaired.
Action News has previously reported on his history of reckless driving, including when he led Fresno Police on a chase in 2015.
Police said then that he was under the influence of marijuana and prescription drugs.
Those who knew Lynn said her death was senseless and completely avoidable.
“If you take somebody’s life, you’re not just taking theirs. You’re taking everything around them. The people that love them. You take a piece of people. You take a chunk out of everybody’s heart that they touched,” said Lynn’s boss, Gena Lori Marr, through tears.
The CHP says Lynn was on her way to work when the crash happened, and was only a mile away from the Bella Brooke Cafe.
Lynn’s coworkers at the cafe saw traffic from the crash build up all the way back to where they were and were shocked and devastated to learn Lynn had been the victim.
“The thing I’m going to miss… Just her in general. I mean, there was nothing about her I didn’t like,” said Marr.
Marr says everyone who works at the Bella Brooke Cafe is like family.
“She treated me like a mom. And I loved her like a daughter.”
Marr says Lynn was a lover of kids and animals and was trying to become a mom herself.
She says Lynn and her fiancé started trying to have a baby after she recently earned her Servsafe certification and learning she would be promoted to manager at the cafe.
“She really had drive to make her life good. And she was looking forward to it. She just got that Kia car — not brand new, but brand new to her. She just got it, like, six months ago or so. They were so excited, because they were driving beaters, barely making it here. So she saved enough money to go get a car… and then that’s the one that she died in,” said Marr.
Bella Brooke Cafe in Dunlap will host Lynn’s celebration of life Sunday from 5-7 p.m. to raise money for her family. You can also donate here.
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