REDWOOD CITY – A teen driver has been arrested in reference to a latest crash that claimed the lives of a San Carlos mom and father, in response to San Mateo County’s prime prosecutor.
In an e mail Friday night time, District Lawyer Steve Wagstaffe confirmed reviews that the teenager had been arrested and will quickly be charged with vehicular manslaughter.
“We've not charged the case because the juvenile has not been booked into juvenile corridor but,” Wagstaffe stated. “As soon as he's launched from the hospital, we'll file our prices.”
The teenager is below 24-hour guard by police on the hospital, in response to NBC Bay Space.
The 2-vehicle collision was reported shortly earlier than 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at El Camino Actual and Finger Avenue in Redwood Metropolis, in response to the Redwood Metropolis Police Division.
Officers arrived to search out two automobiles with main harm, considered one of which was on hearth. The hearth was extinguished and the 17-year-old driver of that car, together with two passengers, was taken to a hospital with accidents that weren't thought-about life-threatening.
Two folks had been discovered trapped within the different car and had been later confirmed deceased. They had been recognized as 44-year-old Greg Ammen and 42-year-old Grace Spiridon.
Based on their Fb pages, Ammen and Spiridon had been each Peninsula locals and graduated from Palo Alto Excessive College. Ammen was an audio engineer at Dolby, whereas Spiridon labored at Google.
Ammen and Spiridon had been additionally dad and mom to 7-year-old twin women. As of Friday night time, a GoFundMe web page arrange for his or her daughters had raised greater than $470,000 of its $1 million purpose.
“The ladies, sadly, will want a lifetime of help and love from Grace and Greg’s group,” the web page said. “These funds might be used in direction of their rapid and future care.”
Anybody with info associated to the case can contact the RCPD Investigations Unit at 650-780-7111.