A 325-page California Highway Patrol investigation has revealed new details about the August 26, 2024, crash that killed San Diego Police Officer Austin Machitar and critically injured his partner Zach Martinez.
The tragic sequence of events begins at 11:31 p.m. when Officer Raymond Rodriguez spotted a BMW driven by 16-year-old Edgar Oviedo aggressively turning onto Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. Rodriguez activated his emergency lights to initiate a traffic stop, but Oviedo accelerated instead of pulling over.
Six seconds later, Rodriguez alerted dispatch the “vehicle is failing to yield.” Officers Martinez and Machitar, already in the area, responded to intercept the pursuit.
The entire chase lasted just 47 seconds. Oviedo, still heading east down Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, increased his speed to more than 125 miles per hour five seconds before the fatal impact, according to the CHP report obtained by ABC 10News…