Last Updated on November 27, 2017 by C-CAR
The coroner’s office on Monday released the name of the Pomona man killed during a weekend crash on the eastbound 60 Freeway that left six others injured including three children.
Coroner’s spokesman Ed Winter said 29-year-old Abraham Franco died at the scene at 3:23 a.m.
California Highway Patrol Sgt. Robert Ruiz said a 1-year-old, a 5-year-old and a 9-year-old injured in the collision are believed to be Franco’s children. He said their mother was also injured, but he didn’t know if she was Franco’s girlfriend or wife.
The 1-year-old girl remains in critical condition at Children’s Hospital of Orange County on Monday, according to Ruiz. He didn’t know if the others who were injured were still at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center.
The fatal crash occurred on the eastbound 60 freeway, west of Diamond Bar Boulevard in Diamond Bar shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday. There were two separate crashes.
A car hit a 2001 Chevrolet Impala that became disabled on the carpool lane. The Impala’s driver, Melissa Murga, 30, of Pomona took off her seatbelt and took her 1-year-old daughter from the car seat.
Sgt. Ruiz said the Impala’s front passenger, Franco, also unbelted himself and was in the process of calling 911.
They were trying to get out of the Impala when it was rear-ended by a Chevrolet Silverado. The Impala overturned. Ruiz said Murga, the 1-year-old and Franco were ejected from the Impala.
Murga and the toddler suffered major injuries while two other children riding in the Impala suffered minor injuries. The Silverado’s driver, John Swick, 32, of Hesperia, ended up with minor injuries while his passenger, Ashley Stevens, 31, of Hesperia, sustained major injuries.
