A suspected hit-and-run driver who killed two people in downtown Long Beach on Sunday is also responsible for a deadly crash that occurred just three months earlier, prosecutors alleged in court on Wednesday.
Ahkeyajahniq Owens, a 24-year-old woman, was in court today to face a recently filed charge of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for allegedly striking a bicyclist who was attempting to make a left turn on Fourth Street near Bonito Avenue in October.
During the routine hearing, Owens pleaded not guilty to the charge, but in a surprise twist, prosecutors mentioned near the end of the proceeding that Owens is also believed to be responsible for Sunday’s high-speed crash at Sixth Street and Atlantic Avenue…