Dog Walker in Southern California and 5 dogs injured and killed

May 9, 2019, 12:18 UTC

By Ben Kesslen

The owner, a 41-year-old owner of a dog walking company and five dogs were killed in Long Beach, California, after the driver of a stolen pickup truck chased by police crashed against his vehicle, announced the authorities.

Jessica Bingaman, 41, was driving a Ford Escape Tuesday morning in a residential area of ​​the city south of Los Angeles when the driver of the van hit his vehicle and three other cars parked, said the police Long Beach.

Witnesses told NBC Los Angeles that the van was traveling so fast that they could barely record what was happening. Juanita Gaglio said that all she could see was "a trail of white".

Bingaman, a mother, had six dogs in her car with her.

"The white van hit the car with such force that she pushed it into three other cars and dropped it about six meters," said Russell Thomas, a neighbor. from Bingaman, to NBC Los Angeles.

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The suspect, Javier Olivarez, a Los Angeles resident, was arrested and faced charges for escaping an officer, DUI crime and manslaughter.

Police said the lawsuit began when the police saw the stolen van and tried to arrest Olivarez at a roadside check. Olivarez refused to stop, the police said.

Officers pursued him for a little over a mile before his vehicle crashed.

Bingaman was taken to a local hospital where she died. Four of the dogs that accompanied him died on the scene and two were taken to a local veterinary hospital, where one died and the other was seriously injured, police said.