KHTS is reporting an arrest has been made in the fatal crash early this morning:
Two people have been arrested for causing the deaths of four children in a midnight crash Monday that also resulted in the death of a Frazier Park man on the rain-slicked southbound I-5 freeway.
Victor M. Jarillo, 34, of Los Angeles, was arrested for vehicular manslaughter and being an unlicensed driver. His passenger, Joana M. Avina, 27, also of Los Angeles, was taken into custody for providing false information to investigating officers.
From the article, it appears Mr. Jarillo was driving the Suburban that rear-ended the Altima with the four kids in the back seat:
Officer John Lutz, spokesman for the Newhall CHP office said that just before midnight, John J. Blackburn, 54, of Frazier Park, was driving his 1996 Mazda pickup truck southbound on the freeway and, for unknown reasons, swerved and hit the center divider. The truck overturned into traffic lanes, where it was struck by a 1996 Nissan Altima driven by Francisco J. Enciso of Daly City. The Nissan was then struck in the rear by a 1994 Chevy Suburban driven by Jarillo. Along with Avina, Jarillo was carrying two minor passengers, Emmanuel Jarillo, 1, and Jesus Jarillo, 2, both of Los Angeles.
Another question is answered on seat belts:
The children were wearing seatbelts, but Lutz pointed out that four children were strapped into a seat that only had three seat belts and there was no safety seat for the youngest child.
There is still blood on the hands of the individuals that put the four kids in the back seat of that Altima, including driver Francisco Enciso and passenger / mother of three of the four kids Yessica Milan. If nothing else, the death toll would be one less.
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