DUI crash kills woman and unborn baby in Chandler

A woman and her unborn child were killed in a car collision in Chandler on Sunday in what police say was the result of another driver’s decision to drive impaired.

33-year-old Roland Herbert Enos is facing four charges including manslaughter after police say he got behind the wheel while still impaired, according to a Chandler Police probable cause statement filed in Superior Court.

Shortly after 2:20 a.m., Chandler police responded to calls of a fatal twovehicle collision just south of the intersection of Ocotillo Road near Arizona Avenue, according to the statement.

Enos was still on the scene when the police arrived.

Police learned Enos, driving a white 2015 Jeep Cherokee south on Arizona Avenue, approached a second car, a 2013 Chevrolet passenger car, at a high rate of speed and collided with the rear of it, according to the statement.

Beatrice Gonzalez and her unborn child both died as a result of the collision, Chandler police said. They were on the rear passenger side when Enos’ vehicle struck the Chevrolet.

Gonzalez was pulled from the vehicle but was pronounced dead on scene at 2:37 a.m.

The driver of the Chevrolet, Maricarmen Gonzalez, was taken to Chandler Regional Medical Center along with two passengers. Maricarmen suffered a fractured right hip while the other two did not sustain any injuries.

The blood alcohol concentration for Enos was .282 BAC, which is about 3 times the limit of Arizona’s 0.08 BAC.

Enos faces four charges, including two counts of manslaughter, one count of aggravated assault and two counts of endangerment.

His preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 15 at the Southeast Regional Court Center in Mesa.