
Man Pleads Guilty to Oceanside DUI Crash That Killed Woman, 2 Adult Daughters
VISTA — An intoxicated driver who plowed a pickup into a family’s crowded car at an Oceanside intersection, killing a senior citizen and her two adult daughters and injuring three of their relatives, pleaded guilty April 17 to charges that include gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Mason Robert Fish, 24, was set to go to trial this week for the Feb. 5, 2019, crash that killed 74-year-old Rufina Arango Rodriguez and her daughters, 40-year-old Petra Arango and 56-year-old Eloina Arango. Three other family members in the victims’ vehicle were injured, including Petra Arango’s then-13-year-old daughter. Fish, who was 19 at the time, is expected to be sentenced in June to 15 years in state prison following Wednesday’s guilty pleas to all counts and allegations filed against him, Deputy District Attorney David Uyar said....
