A man accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that left a woman dead has bonded out of jail.
According to court records, Eswin Mejia, 19, paid the required 10 percent of the $50,000 bond set by a judge last week.
Prosecutors said Mejia was street racing with a 0.241 blood alcohol content when he crashed into 21-year-old Sarah Root’s SUV.
She went to the hospital with serious injuries and later died.
At a vigil Sunday, Root’s father, Scott Root, was upset by the low bond.
“And find it very upsetting that the cost of a bond proved less than the cost of her funeral,” he said.
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Mejia has another court hearing scheduled later this month.
