Last Updated on January 14, 2023 by CCAR Staff
RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> A Fontana man who authorities believe left the scene of a fatal crash surrendered late Friday night, authorities said.
Shortly before midnight, Jimmy Awolesi, 22, turned himself into West Valley Detention Center, said Teresa McMahon, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s Rancho Cucamonga station.
“The second driver did turn himself in based on us blasting him on the news,” she said.
Hours before, authorities released a photo of the man on social media and shared it with media outlets.
Awolesi, who was identified as the driver by deputies using photographic evidence, was booked on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, according to a sheriff’s news release Saturday.
Detectives say the driver of a Ford Mustang was racing another Mustang, when one vehicle broadsided the car of Julio C. Lopez, 46, of Pomona, killing him.
Lopez, a husband and father of two, was making a left turn onto Rochester Avenue from Jersey Avenue, when his car was struck by one of the Mustangs.
The driver of the car involved in the crash, a 16-year-old boy, was also arrested Thursday on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, sheriff’s officials said.
Awolesi’s vehicle was located in an apartment complex matching the description of the second racing Mustang, the release said.
