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A man with three prior DUI convictions was intoxicated when he crashed into a tree in Napa County, killing six passengers, according to prosecutors.

Norberto Celerino was charged Tuesday with six felony counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, the Napa County district attorney’s office said in a statement . Celerino is also facing a felony count of driving under the influence causing injury with two or more prior DUI convictions.

Prosecutors allege the 53-year-old driver was intoxicated when he crashed along Pope Valley Road with seven passengers in a van.

All of the eight people in the van were farmworkers, sheriff’s officials said.

Celerino and one passenger

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