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Man Faces Manslaughter Charge For Crash That Killed Innocent Motorist

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The suspect in Sunday's deadly crash following a police pursuit has been arrested.

Sacramento Police say 19-year-old Trevon Brown was booked into jail Wednesday night.

Brown is suspected to have been the man behind the wheel of a car that police chased through North Sacramento Sunday evening. The chase ended in a violent crash when Brown's car t-boned another car near Las Palmas Avenue and Del Paso Boulevard.

A woman in the other car was killed in the crash, police say. The driver of the other car was also injured.

The crash also injured Brown, delaying his booking into the Sacramento County Jail.

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Brown faces a charge of vehicular manslaughter for the woman's death. He also faces a charge of assault on a police officer after he allegedly drove his car into an officer at the beginning of the chase.

Brown's bail has been set at $380,000.

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