08/19/2021 11:24
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Updated 08/19/2021 12:09
A man driving on a highway with his wife and four children
intentionally diverted his vehicle to the opposite hand and collided head-on with a truck.
The accident, provoked, ended tragically: his 26-year-old wife died on the spot and his children were injured. The 31-year-old driver, who was behind the wheel of a Lincoln pickup, tried to escape but was arrested.
The dramatic event occurred on August 12 on Highway 101 in Enciso, Los Angeles, California.
César Iban Torres
was arrested and charged with murder and abuse of minors. Apparently, his wife
Aimee García
noticed the maneuver and managed to touch the steering wheel of the van and thus was able to prevent the children from dying in the accident.
"Mommy saved us
,
"
said one of the minors, according to the American media, who is hospitalized with his brothers at the Ronald Reagan Hospital, UCLA.
César Iban Torres was charged this Monday with murder, child abuse and other charges related to the deadly crash it caused.
The man intentionally traveled the wrong way on Highway 101 in Ventura, causing a head-on collision in which his partner was killed and his own children injured.
Aimee García was 26 years old.
Torres, 31, will be indicted on one count of murder, assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest, along with four counts each of attempted murder and minor abuse in circumstances or conditions likely to cause major bodily injury or death. according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
County District Attorney George Gascón said: "A family was devastated by this tragic collision that
leaves four young children without their mother."
The crash caused by Torres resulted in the death of 26-year-old Aimee García and left the couple's four children, between 1 and 7 years old, with minor injuries.
The detainee César Iban Torres and his wife Aimee García.
Violence
Aimee García, 26, was traveling with her partner Cesar Iban Torres and their four children in an SUV that entered the 101 freeway in the opposite direction and intentionally crashed into a truck, killing the woman on the spot.
The emergency was reported on Thursday, August 12, and 24 hours later,
García's relatives accused Torres of being an abuser and violent.
Torres, at the time of being arrested after the impact.
"Unfortunately, she
was a victim of domestic violence for many years.
The assailant accomplished his goal and entered the highway the wrong way, intentionally killing my niece. Thank God the children are fine, but very traumatized," said Aimee's uncle. .
Although the causes of the woman's death are still being investigated by the authorities,
the circumstances prior to the accident described by the victim's family indicate that the couple's relationship was bad.
According to his family, García was a victim of domestic violence.
The emergency that was reported on Thursday, August 12, on the 405 highway near Encino was preceded by
calls with meaningless messages from Torres to one of García's brothers.
According to a statement by Juan Zavala, García's brother, to local media, his brother-in-law told him that: "God spoke to him and said that he had to hand him over to his family."
Another call would have been made by one of the woman's children, minutes before the crash.
The minor said that
"his parents were struggling to take control of the wheel and that his mother saved them."
This is how the Lincoln truck was left after the deliberate impact.
According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), Torres tried to flee the scene of the crash.
However, he was detained despite resisting before the authorities.
The person responsible for the deadly accident was arrested on a $ 1,000,000 bond at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility jail in downtown Los Angeles and
faces felony charges
.
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