BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 A DUI crash in southwest Bakersfield last year took the lives of a Bakersfield couple and now the accused drunk driver is going to trial on murder charges, and other DUI related offenses.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Anabell Correa\u2019s preliminary hearing revealed new investigative details including surveillance footage of the crash that took the lives of Max and Desiree Mooney in the early morning hours of March 16, 2025.<\/p>\n
Family, friends hold candlelight vigil to remember the Mooneys <\/a><\/p>\n Max and Desiree Mooney<\/a> went out for a drink earlier that night. They called a Lyft to go home but they never made it. They were killed, by a suspected drunk driver.<\/p>\n Anabell Correa<\/a>, 21, is charged with 10 counts including two second-degree murder charges.<\/p>\n She admitted to officers at the scene she drank two Twisted Teas and a blue BuzzBall \u2014 both popular alcoholic drinks.<\/p>\n In the preliminary hearing, it was revealed Correa\u2019s blood tested for a alcohol-content of 0.093, just over the legal limit, and tested positive for THC, a component found in marijuana.<\/p>\n Correa was allegedly going 82 mph crossing the red light at Stockdale and Gosford. She and the vehicle were at approximately 73 mph at the time of impact, Bakersfield police officer Michael Reynolds testified.<\/p>\n RELATED: Hundreds attend funeral for couple killed in alleged DUI crash <\/a><\/p>\n Data from Correa\u2019s vehicle\u2019s black box showed no steering wheel movement at the time of the crash. In the car with the Mooney\u2019s \u2014 was their friend Tayler Wells and the Lyft driver. They both suffered severe injuries.<\/p>\n Wells\u2019 suffered broken bones throughout the entire right side of her body. She lost two teeth and had to learn to walk again.<\/p>\n The driver\u2019s worst injury was severe neck fracture near the base of the skull with bleeding in her brain.<\/p>\n Correa\u2019s attorney Paul Brar argued that since Correa had no previous DUIs, she should be charged with vehicular manslaughter, not murder.<\/p>\n However, Correa made damning statements to officers that night.<\/p>\n \u201cShe said she would not drive drunk, because she knows that it is dangerous,\u201d said officer Trent Alexander.<\/p>\n