Oct 11, 2007 11:00 am US/Pacific
Boy, 5, Injured In Reseda Road Rage Crash Dies
Child's Mother, 2-Month-Old Sister In Critical Condition
RESEDA, Calif. (CBS) ―
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The 5-year-old boy was pronounced dead about 11 p.m. Wednesday.
CBS
Police Thursday said a 5-year-old boy injured during a road rage crash in Reseda died at a hospital, and his mother and younger sister remained in critical condition.
Ayman Arif was pronounced dead about 11 p.m. Wednesday, Kevin Maiberger of the Los Angeles Police Department said.
Maiberger said the two motorists who had been booked for attempted murder would face probable charges of second-degree murder. Detectives planned to present the case to the District Attorney's office Thursday, he said.
Brian Barnes, 44, of Northridge, and Armando Gamboa Ayon, 19, of Pacoima, were driving a black Nissan and a red Camaro Tuesday afternoon on West Sherman Way, between Balboa Boulevard and Louise Avenue, when they got into a dispute, according to the LAPD.
Ayon, who was driving the Nissan, lost control and plowed into the rear of a parked car, knocking it into a second parked car.
A 31-year-old woman and her two children -- a 5-year-old boy and a 2-month-old girl -- who were between the two parked cars, were crushed, LAPD Officer Jason Lee said.
The three, all natives of South Asia, were hospitalized, and the boy was placed on life support, police said.
LAPD Detective Bill Butos said the motorists were "cutting each other off, they were jockeying for position. They were tapping on the brakes, one of the vehicles was tapping on the brakes, trying to cause the other vehicle to ram into the vehicle. They cannot point to the other individual and say, well, that person started it."
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