Pursuit driver crashes into 2 other vehicles in Placentia, 1 innocent bystander is killed

Debris and the mangled remains of three cars littered a street in the city of Placentia after a police pursuit ended in a violent and deadly crash, killing the driver of another vehicle, an innocent bystander.

The Anaheim Police Department began the pursuit at about 7:41 p.m. 

Officers said it ended at the intersection of Bradford Avenue and Madison Avenue in Placentia, where the pursuit driver collided with two other vehicles. The Placentia Fire and Life Safety Department said it received a call about a collision at the same intersection around 7:44 p.m.

The Placentia Police Department, which is handling the criminal investigation, said a 59-year-old man died after the suspect collided with the side of his car. An 83-year-old woman, the second innocent driver, was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries, according to investigators.

Placentia PD said officers arrested suspect Darwin Felipe Bahamon Martinez, 21, for felony evading causing injury or death and vehicular manslaughter.

The department added that its officers responded to the scene to help Anaheim PD but were not involved in the three-minute pursuit.

Anaheim PD said the California Highway Patrol Major Accident Investigation Team will handle the investigation into the collision.