Woman faces DUI charges after crash injuring 3 outside restaurant in Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A Broward County judge issued an arrest warrant for the woman who was involved in a crash outside of a restaurant in Hollywood.

Shana Soto, 45, surrendered on Tuesday afternoon to face 13 charges, including driving under the influence and reckless driving, for the crash that injured three people on Nov. 2. outside of The Bang Shack.

Mugshot for 45-year-old Shana Soto. (Broward Sheriff's Office)

Soto was driving a 2013 Honda CRV eastbound in the north alley of Harrison Street.

She was approaching 20th Avenue when she swerved past the Hollywood Fire Rescue Engine 105, police said.

Soto struck the curb and drove onto the sidewalk where The Bang Shack restaurant customers were having dinner, according to the Hollywood Police Department.

Ana Verastegui was among the three injured. She lost the lower part of both her legs. She was having dinner with her fiancée, Marcelo Santolalla, after returning from a trip to Peru to visit family.

Soto is facing two counts of DUI causing serious bodily injury; two counts DUI causing injury; reckless driving causing serious bodily injury; two counts of reckless driving causing injury; three counts of DUI causing property damage; three counts of reckless driving causing property damage.

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