{"id":74623,"date":"2026-04-09T09:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/california-bill-aims-to-let-families-change-accident-label-on-dui-related-death-certificates\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:14:18","slug":"california-bill-aims-to-let-families-change-accident-label-on-dui-related-death-certificates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/california-bill-aims-to-let-families-change-accident-label-on-dui-related-death-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"California bill aims to let families change &#8220;accident&#8221; label on DUI-related death certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>When a DUI driver causes a crash that kills someone, in most cases, it&#8217;s a crime. But that&#8217;s not what it says on the death certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Families of victims killed in DUI-related crashes are pushing to change that, arguing the term &#8220;accident&#8221; fails to reflect the reality of what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Kellie and Eddie Montalvo never got the chance to say goodbye to their 21-year-old son, Benjamin, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/corona-benjamin-montalvo-hit-and-run-crash-neomi-velado-released-from-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">who was killed in June 2020<\/a><\/span>. Prosecutors say a woman who was driving drunk and high, and texting, struck Benjamin while he was riding his bike with friends.<\/p>\n<p>She then left Benjamin Montalvo to die on the asphalt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was Neomi Velado&#8217;s fourth hit-and-run. She was in traffic school when she killed Benjamin,&#8221; Kellie Montalvo said. &#8220;The next morning, she replaced her windshield and went on to work an entire shift.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Velado turned herself in the next night and was convicted of felony vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run. But despite that conviction, Benjamin Montalvo&#8217;s death certificate lists his manner of death as an &#8220;accident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The choices that were made and the choices that were not made make it absolutely not an accident,&#8221; Kellie Montalvo said. &#8220;So I want Benjamin&#8217;s death certificate changed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Montalvos are part of a growing effort known as the &#8220;Not an Accident&#8221; campaign, which is backing a California state Senate bill <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that would allow families to request an amended death certificate<\/a> after someone is convicted of killing their loved one.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters say the change is about more than emotional closure. Matt Capelouto, whose daughter Alexandra died after taking a pill laced with fentanyl, said accurate classifications could influence public policy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the most important thing&#8230; it will create accurate vital statistics,&#8221; Capelouto said. &#8220;And it&#8217;s our vital statistics that lay the groundwork for policy and funding that ultimately will help in combating these preventable deaths.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alexandra&#8217;s case was the catalyst for &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/california-alexandra-law-prop-36\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Alexandra&#8217;s Law<\/a><\/span>,&#8221; which allows prosecutors to charge certain drug dealers with homicide. Now, Caoelouto is joining the fight for the right to change a loved one&#8217;s death certificate to reflect the legal cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a slap in the face to look at her death certificate and have it categorized as an accident,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, the proposal is facing pushback from medical examiners. The president of the National Association of Medical Examiners said the bill &#8220;conflates legal determinations with medical determinations&#8221; and &#8220;could trigger the judicial system to press charges in a potential crime.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>Except that the bill only &#8220;authorizes a family member&#8221; to request &#8220;a new death certificate&#8221; after a court has already ruled. In fact, the bill doesn&#8217;t even mention the medical examiner. It simply authorizes the state registrar to &#8220;issue a new death certificate&#8221; based on the final court ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Medical examiners classify deaths into five categories established more than a century ago: natural, accident, suicide, homicide and undetermined. Officials say those classifications are based on medical judgment, not legal outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Odey Ukpo, chief medical examiner-coroner in Los Angeles County, said a homicide designation typically requires evidence of intent to kill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The accused does not get into the vehicle drunk, saying &#8216;I&#8217;m going to kill someone as a result,&#8217; &#8221; Ukpo said.<\/p>\n<p>Still, he acknowledged there may be room to revisit how deaths are categorized, noting that modern circumstances \u2014 like DUI crashes \u2014 were not considered when the guidelines were first established.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed legislation would not require medical examiners to change their findings. Instead, it would allow families to request that the state registrar issue a new death certificate reflecting the outcome of a criminal case.<\/p>\n<p>As for allowing parents to update their child&#8217;s death certificate, Dr. Upko said, &#8220;There&#8217;s precedence for that, that the death certificate has been used as something to satisfy a need for the family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He points to the Missing Angels Act, which allows parents to get a birth certificate following a stillbirth. California law also allows people to get a new birth certificate consistent with the person&#8217;s legal gender, regardless of the gender assigned by the doctor at birth.<\/p>\n<p>The Not An Accident bill would use the same legal process to update death certificates, which Kellie Montalvo hopes is part of Benjamin&#8217;s final chapter.<\/p>\n<p>For families like the Montalvos, the effort is about ensuring their loved ones&#8217; stories are accurately told.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is always something,&#8221; Kellie Montalvo said through tears. &#8220;When I get done, I always just look up and go, &#8216;Look, babe \u2014 your story didn&#8217;t end.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the bill were set to testify in Sacramento on Wednesday as lawmakers consider the proposal.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/amy-corral\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Amy  Corral<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper recirc\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">CBS News California Investigates<br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/feature\/cbs-news-california-investigates\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--lg\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n                More<br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                  <use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/>\n                <\/svg><br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                      <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/california-bill-dui-crash-death-certificate-amendments\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a DUI driver causes a crash that kills someone, in most cases, it&#8217;s a crime. 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