Anaheim police Friday released new video of a suspected vehicle involved in a fiery street-racing crash that authorities say killed two 19-year-old men and inflicted life-threatening injuries on another victim, hoping it would generate new leads in the case.
The video shows the other car suspected of taking part in the street racing to be a black Ford Mustang, not red as earlier reported.
The Mustang’s driver fled the scene of the crash in the 1700 block of West Ball Road on Dec. 10, but the video shows the suspect returning about a minute later before driving away again, Wyatt said.
The 2 a.m. crash left the victims who died so badly burned that authorities were still working to positively identify them through DNA tests, Wyatt said. One is believed to be a Fullerton resident and the driver may have lived in Stanton, Wyatt said.
A victim who survived — a 24-year-old Anaheim resident — was cooperating with authorities, Wyatt said. He was still hospitalized from injuries that left him critically injured, but he is expected to survive, Wyatt said.
The car of the driver who died jumped a curb and sheared off a concrete light pole, careened into a handful of parked cars in the lot and them slammed into an apartment complex, where it burst into flames, Wyatt said.
Authorities are not releasing the names of the suspected victims until they confirm their identities, Wyatt said.
Anyone who has video or relevant information was urged to contact Anaheim police Traffic Investigator Rick Alexander at (714) 765-1861 or ralexander@anaheim.net.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted through Orange County Crime Stoppers by calling at (855) TIP-OCCS.
— City News Service