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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The families of the 2 teenagers killed successful a deadly clang connected Friday nighttime were wrong Fresno County Superior Court connected Wednesday to spot the suspect successful court.
Prosecutors allege that 28-year-old Jagat Singh was the antheral driving the car that was described arsenic speeding down Clovis Avenue towards Shields Avenue erstwhile it struck a conveyance with 2 teenagers inside. Both 19-year-old Jordan Galvez and 18-year-old Maddux Greene died pursuing the crash.
‘Touched my heart’: Vigil honors 2 teens killed successful suspected DUI clang successful Fresno
The antheral who constabulary accidental was driving the conveyance was successful tribunal connected Wednesday. The Fresno County District Attorney's Office filed a bid of felony charges against 28-year-old Jagat Singh, including 2 counts of execution and 2 counts of gross vehicular manslaughter portion intoxicated.
According to the Fresno County DA's office, Singh was antecedently convicted successful 2023 for DUI. At the time, helium was advised that aboriginal violations resulting successful decease could pb to a execution charge.
Friends gathered astatine the clang tract to retrieve the 2 victims.Jordan's father, Louie Galvez, was contiguous astatine tribunal for the defendant's arraignment. He says helium wants justness for the 2 victims.
"I person forgiven this individual. But we conscionable privation justice," said Galvez. "How galore much guiltless kids request to [die] this early? This conscionable needs to stop."
Galvez says seeing the fishy successful tribunal was emotional, and knowing that the suspect was not going to beryllium granted bail provided immoderate comfortableness amid tragic circumstances.
"We instrumentality it a time astatine a time, sometimes a infinitesimal astatine a time," said Galvez. "I thin connected my faith, and I cognize God is bringing america into this satellite - and helium removes america arsenic well."
The household of the different teen killed, Maddux Greene, besides said they were relieved that Singh was not allowed to marque bail.
"I don't privation him retired connected the street. I don't privation immoderate different household successful our assemblage to consciousness the symptom that we are feeling," said Kelli Greene.
Both Maddux's brother, Nolan Greene, and his father, Rob Greene, described the fishy arsenic a "danger to society."
"This antheral hid down a bush," said Nolan Greene. "He hid, and helium watched my member and his champion person pain to death. He watched retired from down a bush close down the street."
In court, the prosecution told the justice that Jagat Singh was driving astatine a precocious complaint of velocity connected Clovis Avenue and astatine slightest 4 witnesses described him arsenic swerving done postulation earlier going done a reddish airy and colliding with the victim's vehicle. The prosecution said that Singh past fled from the scene, and erstwhile constabulary caught up with him, helium lied to officers astir what led up to the crash.
Singh did not participate a plea successful tribunal connected Wednesday. His arraignment is acceptable to resume connected May 21.
GoFundMe online fundraisers person been acceptable up for Jordan Galvez and Maddux Greene.
