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Bail Set for Driver in Taco Truck Crash
Case renews concern over high-speed police pursuits.
Bail was set Tuesday at $2.75 million for the woman accused of leading CHP officers on a deadly high-speed chase that killed two women at a Boyle Heights taco truck, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said.
Elba Jimenez, 37, of Upland appeared in court in Los Angeles, and was appointed a public defender, D.A. spokeswoman Jane Robison said. She will be arraigned July 12 on charges of murder, felony drunk driving and failure to yield to law enforcement.
MORE: Police Pursuits Have Injured Thousands of Californians; Taco Trucks Deaths Latest of Many Casualties in High Speed Pursuits
The deaths of Marlene Alatorre, 19-year-old who was a new mother and a recent high school graduate, and Claudia Fernandez, 38, brought renewed focus to the ongoing toll of injuries and deaths caused by high-speed police chases.
More than 10,000 people have been injured in police pursuits since 2002 in California, and 321 injured, despite a state law aimed at reducing the number of pursuits and their danger, according to an NBC4 investigation published online on this week.
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