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Not Guilty Plea Entered In Fatal San Fernando Valley Road Rage Crash

By Neil Shous, Esq.

Two men have pleaded not guilty to charges that they caused a fatal San Fernando Valley road rage crash that killed a 5-year-old boy and seriously injured the boy?s mother and infant sister, according to an article posted on KCBS TV?s Web site . Brian Barnes, 44 and 19-year-old Armando Ayon both face one count of murder and vehicular manslaughter and three counts of reckless driving, the article states. In addition, officials have charged Barnes with three counts of leaving the scene of an accident. The Oct. 9 incident reportedly began when the two men got in a fight as they were each driving in their respective vehicles. Suddenly, they started driving erratically and were weaving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed ? reportedly between 50 and 90 miles per hour, all the time trying to cut each other off, police said...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on November 09, 2007 (boomark / email).