Blood Drives Held to Support Principal Injured in Dui Crash

WITH THE GROUP IS RECOVERING AFTER HE WAS RESCUED BY AN OFF- DUTY POLICE OFFICER. THIS JUST IN, CBS 4 NEWS HAS LEARNED THE DRIVER WHO HIT A BELOVED PRINCIPAL WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE UNDER HOUSE ARREST DOES NOT HAVE AN ANKLE BRACELET. MARLIN AGUILAR WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY. A HEARING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW MORNING. SHE IS FACING A DUI CRASH FOR CRASHING INTO PEREZ LAST MONTH WHO WAS AT A LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME. A BLOOD DRIVE IS HAPPENING TODAY IN HONOR OF PEREZ. WE HAVE MORE ON TODAY'S EVENT. Reporter: FIVE BIG RED BUSES LINE UP OUTSIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE STUDENTS AND STAFF GAVE BLOOD ALL MORNING FOR PEREZ. THE BLOOD DRIVE HONORS PEREZ, HIS WIFE REQUESTING THAT THE COMMUNITY GIVE BACK IN THIS WAY. I REMEMBER HIM. HE'S A GREAT MAN. I HOPE HE GETS BETTER. MR. PEREZ ALWAYS SET THE TONE THAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT EDUCATION. FROM DAY ONE, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO COME BACK AND DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO. THE TEACHERS, YOU KNOW, SHOWING HOW TRUE PROFESSIONALS THEY ARE. Reporter: DOCTORS WERE FORCED TO AMPUTATE HIS LEGS AFTER THE CRASH AND HE REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION IN ICU. THIS VEHICLE RAN OVER HIM AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE GAME THREE YEARS AGO. MARLIN WAS ARRESTED ON TUESDAY AFTER POSTING BAIL. HER BLOOD ALCOHOL RESULTS SHOW SHE WAS THREE TIMES OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT. THE ARRESTING OFFICER NOTED SHE SMELLED LIKE LIQUOR, HER SPEECH MUMBLED. SHE HAD AN OPEN BEER ON THE FLOORBOARD OF THE SUV. AND DESPITE HITTING TWO PEOPLE, SHE NEVER ASKED ABOUT THEM. THE FAMILY HAS BEEN PRIVATE ABOUT THE ORDEAL. HE WILL HAVE A SECOND RUN OFF THE VENTILATOR. HIS HAND WAS OPERATED ON AND THE TRAUMA TEAM IS CONFIDENT IT WILL START HEALING SOON. MORE SURGERIES ARE AHEAD AND THE ROAD TO RECOVERY IS LONG AND SLOW. THERE WILL BE HARD DAYS AND LESS PAINFUL DAYS BUT EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY BECAUSE HE IS WITH US. THE BLOOD DRIVE CONTINUES HERE UNTIL 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON. IT STARTS AGAIN TOMORROW AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 2:30.