Sioux City man charged in deadly crash

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City man is charged with vehicular homicide and drunken driving in an accident that killed a passenger last winter.

Eighteen-year-old Oscar Ramirez was charged on Friday. Authorities say he was driving an SUV that crashed on Jan. 30 in Sioux City.

A passenger, 18-year-old Nino Segura, of Sioux City, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.

Ramirez appeared in Woodbury County District Court on Friday. An arraignment is set for July 27.

A telephone call to his attorney, Priscilla Forsyth, was not returned Friday afternoon.