Family members remember victims killed in Oroville crash
Friday, friends and family members came together at the site of a deadly street racing crash in Oroville to remember their loved ones who were killed.
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 6:42 PM
Posted By: Kristian Lopez
OROVILLE, Calif. – Action News Now is learning more details about the deadly street racing crash in Oroville that killed three people, including a two-year-old girl.
Friday, family members set up a memorial site near the crash to remember those whose lives were lost.
Tami, Serena, Mikka, baby Nico, Timothy and MiMi are all family members of the two men who died in Thursday s crash.
The Oroville CHP Office said through investigation, they determined the driver of the Jeep Cherokee was involved in a speed contest with a Chevrolet Camaro just moments before the crash.
Officers say the Chevrolet Camaro was driven by 19-year-old Carlos Hill Jr., of Oroville. CHP Officers later located Hill and detained him for his involvement in the speed contest and collision. Hill was arrested and booked at the Butte County Jail for 10 felony violations, including three charges of vehicular manslaughter, driving without a license, and illegal speed contest, CHP said.
Three of the four occupants in the Jeep Cherokee were pronounced dead at the scene, one of which was a 2-year-old girl, according to the Oroville CHP. The driver of the Jeep was identified by the CHP as 30-year-old Anthony Gaston, of Oroville. The passenger in the Jeep was identified as 18-year-old Andrew Lockner of Oroville.