Heartache came to a family Easter morning in Southern California after a drunk driver plowed into the bedroom of a 16 year-old girl. <br /> <br />Roberto Rodriguez's decision to get behind the wheel after drinking last weekend will no doubt haunt him forever.<br /><br />Police in Southern California say an intoxicated 20-year-old Rodriguez was speeding at 80 miles an hour, when he lost control of his Nissan Pathfinder SUV and slammed into a Palmdale housing complex.<br /><br />The vehicle slammed through a wall and into an apartment where 16-year old Giselle Mendoza was sleeping. She died at just before 4 a.m., moments after Rodriguez's SUV plowed into her bedroom.<br /><br />Firefighters pronounced the teenage girl dead at the scene.<br />The speeding SUV hit the building with such force it penetrated two apartments. Luckily, a girl living in the adjoining apartment slept on the sofa that night, an act that likely saved her life.<br /><br />Ms. Mendoza's grief-stricken older sister made a heartfelt plea on Sunday, begging people to think twice before drinking and driving.<br /><br /><br /><br />Check out our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextmedia.gan<br />Check out our iOS app: https://itunes.apple.com/app/tomonews/id633875353<br /><br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-WqkTyKK1_70U4bb4k4lQ?sub_confirmation=1<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/<br />Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus
