Last Updated on January 19, 2023 by C-CAR
FONTANA >> Authorities released on Thursday the name of the woman killed in a chain reaction seven car pile-up on the eastbound 10 Freeway a day earlier.
Ivette Celia Delgado Arauz, 32 of Rancho Cucamonga, was pronounced dead after a tow truck traveling at an unsafe speed rear-ended her Honda Fit, a sub-compact car, about 8:30 a.m., California Highway Patrol officials said in a news release.
The tow truck, owned and operated by Rodrigo Marin Mota, was unable to stop as he approached the Sierra Avenue offramp where traffic ahead of him was at a standstill, according to the CHP.
“Ms. Arauz was still wearing her seatbelt, and the airbags did deploy,” Officer Jesus Garcia said in a phone interview Thursday. “The coroner’s report shows she died from blunt force trauma.”
CHP officials said Mota struck Arauz’s vehicle. Her car struck the one directly in front of her causing the next four cars ahead to lunge forward into each other.
Two other people involved in the crash were taken to the hospital as a result of the crash. Dale Oby Ray Anderson, of Ontario, was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center, and Petronillo Delarosa Diaz, of Alta Loma, was taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. Both victims complained of pain but had non life-threatening injuries, officials said.
Most lanes of traffic were shut down for nearly four hours as officers investigated the crash.
Garcia said the investigation is ongoing and is unsure if investigators will pursue criminal charges.
