Reseda Man, 32, Killed in Crash is Identified

Francisco Velasco-Marcos, 32, of Reseda, has been identified as the man who died Sunday morning in a multi-vehicle crash on Vanowen Street at Chimeneas Avenue in Resdeda.

Meanwhile, Nicolas Velasco Marcos, 21, was arrested after the deadly crash that occurred at around 11:18 a.m. on Feb. 25th, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The 21-year-old man was driving a white Dodge Charger and the 32-year-old man was driving a yellow Chevrolet Camaro. They were both traveling eastbound on Vanowen Street at high speed, fire officials said. The driver in the Charger allegedly changed lanes before he collided with the yellow Camaro, according to ABC 7 news. Both motorists lost control of their vehicles and crashed with two other vehicles and two parked vehicles. Also, a fire hydrant was sheared off by one of the cars.

Francisco Velasco-Marcos, who was driving the Camaro, became trapped in his vehicle and reportedly died at the scene.

Meanwhile, two other people became trapped in one of the vehicles and they were rescued by firefighters using the Jaws of Life.

Six of the eleven people who were evaluated by medics were transported to hospitals and the others declined further treatment.

Nicolas Velasco Marcos was among the injured and was taken to a hospital hospital with minor injuries.

However, police investigating the crash later arrested him and booked him on murder charges. His bail is set at $2 million.

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