A 39-year-old Long Beach man with past felony convictions made his first appearance in court Wednesday on charges of a fiery DUI crash in Garden Grove that killed a woman nearly three years ago.

Favian Feliciano is accused of killing a 29-year-old woman in a Nov. 11, 2022, crash in the 9000 block of Garden Grove Boulevard. The victim’s name was listed only as Ariana A on the criminal complaint.

Feliciano was driving a Tesla that caught fire after it was involved in a three-car collision about 12:45 a.m., police said. Officers rescued the driver from the burning car and rushed him to a hospital in critical condition, police said.

Feliciano was charged Oct. 8 with second-degree murder, driving under the influence of a drug causing injury and buying or receiving a stolen vehicle with a pri

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