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butterbean · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2271

Gary Ceran: "The emotions comes in waves and at times those waves are like tsunamis."

Gary Ceran lost half his family when a drunk driver hit his car on Christmas Eve. His heart is heavy, but even in his grief he has compassion for the man police arrested in the crash.

Gary Ceran: "His life is going to be impacted in far more ways then mine."

Gary Ceran says it is only by faith that he is surviving the death of his wife and two of his children. He is also thinking about the man who is responsible, Carlos Prieto.

Although Murray Police, who arrested Prieto, would not comment on the suspect or the case, Amanda Butterfield got a hold of some documents that show Prieto was driving drunk.

Carlos Prieto is being held on 500-thousand dollars bail. He faces a list of charges including vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence and driving without a license.

It happened early Christmas Eve. The Ceran family was on their way home from a Christmas party. Around 2:30 in the morning they were at 5400 south and 700 west when Prieto ran a red light and smashed into their car. Cheryl Ceran and her son Ian and daughter Julianna died.

We've obtained a copy of the jail documents that state when police arrived at the scene, Prieto smelled strongly of alcohol, had glassy, blood-shot eyes, and Prieto admitted to police he had five beers before getting behind the wheel.

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