JURUPA – Police identified and arrested a suspect involved in a street race that resulted in a head on collision and two deaths.
On September 6, 2014, at 3:56 p.m. the Jurupa Valley Police Department received a call that there had been head-on collision between two vehicles. Officers arrived at the scene at Granite Hill west of Pyrite in the city of Jurupa Valley where there were several injuries. When emergency medical personnel arrived on scene, Daniel Pasillas, 17, the driver of one of the vehicles was pronounced dead. At this time, Jurupa Valley Station Traffic Reconstruction Team responded and assumed the investigation.
The Team closed Granite Hill between Pyrite and Pedley for approximately seven hours while they conducted the investigation. Interviewing witnesses and reconstructing the scene, investigators determined that that a Mustang and another vehicle were involved in a street race on Granite Hill. The Mustang, which was travelling westbound at high speeds, collided with an eastbound truck. The driver of the Mustang was killed instantly and the passenger was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The driver and the passenger in the truck were also injured and were also transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The passenger in the Mustang succumbed to his injuries two days later. Police continued to seek the driver of the second vehicle involved in the street race and asked the public for help in identifying the second vehicle involved in the incident and the suspect who was driving. On September 10, 2014, the Jurupa Valley Police Department identified the driver of the vehicle that was engaged in a speed contest with the Mustang as Humberto Silva, 24 of Garden Grove. Silva was arrested on Thursday and booked for involuntary manslaughter.
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