Two people in a mid-size luxury crossover SUV being chased by Pomona Police Department officers were killed in a wrong-way, rollover crash on the westbound San Bernardino (10) Freeway in Pomona Friday.
The officers were pursuing the black BMW X6 when its driver began driving the wrong way near Kellogg Drive, lost control and crashed into a dirt berm, California Highway Patrol Officer Sergio Garcia told City News Service.
The BMW rolled over several times onto the transition road from the northbound Chino Valley (71) Freeway to the San Bernardino Freeway, Garcia said. The driver, identified as Erick Daniel Bolanos,30 of Montclair, ran away but was quickly taken into custody by Pomona Police Department officers.
Two passengers were ejected in the crash and were pronounced dead at the scene. A third passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries to his abdomen and was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital for treatment, police said.
The driver of a white Toyota C-HR, Maria De Lourdes Reyes, 44 , was driving on the transition road when her subcompact crossover SUV was struck by debris from the BMW but did not sustain any injuries.
Anyone who witnessed or has information about the crash was asked to call CHP Officer H. Metzgar at 626-338-1164.
The CHP issued a SigAlert for the closure of the Kellogg Drive off-ramp, all lanes of the westbound San Bernardino Freeway in the vicinity of the crash as well as the transition road from the San Bernardino Freeway to the Chino Valley (71) Freeway for several hours while officers investigated the crash.