Drunken driver convicted of murdering 3 Las Vegas Teens after fiery collision

A jury has found 29-year-old Bani Duarte from San Clemente, guilty of murdering three Las Vegas teenagers and injuring a fourth while driving under the influence.

She faces 51 years to life in state prison.

In the early morning hours of March 29, 2018, Duarte was driving under the influence on Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach.

At approximately one in the morning, four Las Vegas high school students who were celebrating their spring break in Orange County were stopped in a vehicle at a red light on Pacific Coast Highway and Magnolia.

Duarte failed to stop at the red light and rear-ended the victims' vehicle at a high rate of speed, causing an impact that pushed the car through the intersection and forced it into a pole, where it stopped and burst into flames.

Duarte was arrested at the scene by the Huntington Beach Police Department.

Duarte had previously been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in 2016 and had lost her license for a year.