Two young California brothers are dead and their mom is hospitalized after the car they were in was hit during a police chase.
Police in San Diego were pursuing a BMW just before 6:30 p.m. on Friday when the driver of the BMW a Honda that the young siblings were in. The crash sent both cars off the road, KFMB-TV reported.
Malikai, 8, and Mason Orozco-Romero, 4, were on the way to the grocery store with their mother Victoria Romero, and their aunt Lizbeth to pick up snacks.
They died at the scene and their mother remained hospitalized in critical condition.
The boys’ godmother Brittany Phommavong said, “They didn’t deserve this.”
Phommavong said Malikai loved playing football and Mason loved music and dancing.
“Everyone who knows these kids know no matter what they were going through they always carried a beautiful smile on their face,” she added.
Phommavong says the boys had lost their father last December. She started a GoFundMe to raise money for their funerals and their mother’s medical care.
Angel Velasquez Salgado,20, is jailed without bail on murder and several other charges.
“His top rate of speed was 100 miles per hour and that was the point of impacting the victim vehicle on the offramp of the speed limit of that curved area was approximately 45 miles an hour,” Deputy District Attorney Jessica Coto told KSWB-TV.
He has pleaded not guilty and is due back in court on Jan. 17, 2024.
Hmmm. I wonder if Speedy Gonzalez who killed these babies is an ILLEGAL alien.
Wouldn’t be surprised …