The Brief
- Former CHP officer Angelo Rodriguez and Iris Salmeron faced court Tuesday for the 2025 freeway crash that killed four young adults in Norwalk.
- Prosecutors allege Rodriguez struck the victims’ car at 130 mph without sirens, then hid his involvement for minutes before a drunk Salmeron hit the disabled vehicle at 110 mph.
- Both defendants face four counts of murder and had their bail doubled to $8 million as their arraignment was postponed to late April.
LOS ANGELES – A former California Highway Patrol officer and a suspected DUI driver appeared in a Bellflower courtroom Tuesday to face murder charges in a double-impact collision that claimed four lives in Norwalk last summer.
What we know:
On July 20, 2025, then-Officer Angelo Rodriguez was allegedly driving his patrol vehicle at speeds exceeding 130 mph without emergency lights or sirens when he struck a Nissan carrying four people. …