Roger Avary, the Oscar-winning screenwriter for “Pulp Fiction”, was arrested on Sunday for crashing his car in northwest of Los Angeles.

According to Capt. Monica McGrath of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department, Avary, 42, was charged for driving under the influence and for manslaughter when he crashed his car outside the Ojai Lumber Co. building at 1900 E. Ojai Ave., Reuters reports.

The accident occurred at 1 a.m. in Ojai, which is about 80 miles of Los Angeles.

Andreas Zedini, 34, from Italy, who was a passenger in Avary’s car, was taken out of the car by firefighters. He died later at Ventura County Medical Center.

Avary’s wife, Gretchen, 40, was thrown out of the vehicle and was found by police in the road.

According to McGrath, she was hospitalized with serious injuries, Los Angeles Times informs.

Avary was detained for a short period of time and was later released for a $50,000 bail.

Avary won in 1995 the Academy Award for co-writing “Pulp Fiction” along with Quentin Tarantino.

After that the two best friends estranged, each one taking different directions in their careers. Tarantino went on to the road of fame and fortune, while Avary took on the role of rewriting other people’s work.

He recently worked as co-writer and executive producer for the movie “Beowulf” which was released last year.

Avary and his wife live in Ojai, which a small city popular among artists located about 14 miles of Ventura.