A former California Highway Patrol officer is now facing murder charges in connection with a devastating freeway crash that killed four people last summer near Norwalk, prosecutors announced Monday.
Authorities allege that 24-year-old Angelo Rodriguez was driving his patrol vehicle at speeds exceeding 130 miles per hour on the southbound 605 Freeway on July 20 when he struck a Nissan Versa near the Rosecrans Avenue exit. Investigators say Rodriguez was not responding to an emergency call at the time of the collision.
According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, the impact disabled the Nissan and left it stranded on the freeway. Prosecutors allege Rodriguez failed to properly secure the scene after the crash and instead moved his damaged patrol vehicle to the shoulder without activating emergency lights or assisting the people inside the other car…