SALT LAKE CITY ( ABC4 ) — A 22-year-old Spanish Fork man has been taken into custody, charged with manslaughter in a fiery crash on I-80 that took the life of a 15-year-old victim in 2022.
Court records show Ricardo Aceves was booked into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on Monday, April 7, after he was arrested on a warrant for second-degree felony manslaughter.
Prosecutors claim Aceves was behind the wheel of the BMW that crashed while racing other vehicles at speeds of 142 miles per hour along I-80. The BMW reportedly lost control when one of its tires separated, sending the car airborne. During the crash, the BMW crossed the median into on-coming traffic and caught fire before it crashed into a Ford Explorer, coming to a rest on its roof…