TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Tucson police say a man accused of crashing a stolen car into an SUV has been booked on suspicion of manslaughter after a passenger in the vehicle he was driving died from injuries suffered in the collision.
Investigators say 27-year-old Johnny Angel Gomez passed up a vehicle at a stop sign Friday night, failed to stop and struck the SUV.
The collision’s force pushed the SUV through a block wall and into an unoccupied home.
The SUV’s driver suffered serious injuries, while four others in the vehicle had minor injuries.
Gomez and two others in the stolen vehicle suffered serious injuries.
A third passenger in the stolen car, 40-year-old William Childers, later died from injuries suffered in the collision.
Investigators are trying to determine whether drugs or alcohol were a factor in the collision.
Gomez was booked on suspicion of manslaughter, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and other counts.
He was released Sunday from the hospital where he was treated for injuries.
It’s unclear whether he has an attorney.
Investigators say the stolen vehicle had speeded past a marked police vehicle shortly before the collision.
An officer then made a U-turn but could no longer spot the vehicle.
Other officers were called in to find the car.
It was later discovered at the crash scene.
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