Charges filed in Concord crash that killed 9-year-old girl
The solo-vehicle collision happened April 7 at Interstate 680 and Highway 242.
MARTINEZ — Prosecutors have filed charges against a 22-year-old Oregon man in connection with a crash that left a 9-year-old girl dead and five others injured on April 7 in Concord.
Jesus Ivan Dorantes Guzman is charged with felony hit-and-run resulting in death or serious injury and child abuse for putting a minor in a situation that caused her death, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release Friday.
Prosecutors said the child abuse charge comes with a special allegation of great bodily injury.
Dorantes Guzman was driving a Mazda CX-9 northbound on Interstate 680 around 5:15 a.m. on April 7 when he crashed at the Highway 242 split, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The Mazda overturned in a dirt area. Of the five people who were injured, three were minors. The girl who died was identified as Danna Hernandez Tapia, 9, of Tualatin, Ore.
Prosecutors said Dorantes Guzman ran from the scene and was found days later in the California city of Williams.
Dorantes Guzman’s arraignment will take place at 1:30 p.m. Monday, according to the district attorney’s office. He remains in custody at the Martinez Detention Facility on $1 million bail.