Man held in drunken driving crash that killed 8-year-old boy

<br/><small><a href=”http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Duke+Street+and+Interstate+395,+Alexandria,+VA&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=35.957999,83.144531&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;hnear=Duke+St+%26+Interstate+395,+Alexandria,+Virginia+22312&amp;t=m&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;ll=38.818111,-77.133636&amp;spn=0.013375,0.01708&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A&amp;source=embed” style=”color:#0000FF;text-align:left”>View Larger Map</a></small></div> <p>The man <a href=”https://wexwpdev.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/capital-land/2012/01/dui-manslaughter-charges-death-8-year-old-pedestrian/2101951″>charged with manslaughter and drunken driving</a> in a weekend traffic crash will remain held without bond.</p> <p>Court records show that 22-year-old Victor Aldana will remain in custody until a Feb. 13 preliminary hearing.</p> <p><span style=”color: #000000; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;”>Authorities say Aldana was driving west on </span><a href=”http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Duke+Street+and+Interstate+395,+Alexandria,+VA&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=38.81694,-77.141361&amp;spn=0.017287,0.040598&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=35.957999,83.144531&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;hnear=Duke+St+%26+Interstate+395,+Alexandria,+Virginia+22312&amp;t=m&amp;z=15″>Duke Street near the Interstate 395 overpass</a><span style=”color: #000000; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;”> Sunday afternoon when he veered off the road, <a href=”https://wexwpdev.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/capital-land/2012/01/pedestrian-killed-alexandria/2099836″>hitting two pedestrians</a> — a 31-year-old woman and her 8-year-old boy. The boy, Brian Hernandez-Chavez, was killed. His mother suffered non-life-threatening injuries.</span></p> <p><span style=”color: #000000; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;”>Prosecutors said at a bond review Tuesday that Aldana’s blood-alcohol level at the time was 0.15, nearly twice the legal limit, <a href=”http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/01/victor-aldana-due-in-court-in-fatal-alexandria-crash-71499.html”>WJLA reported</a>.</span></p> <p><span style=”color: #000000; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;”><span style=”color: #000000; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;”>Aldana faces charges of DUI manslaughter, DUI maiming, reckless driving and driving without an operator’s license.</span><span style=”border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; text-align: left;”><br/></span></span></p>