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16-Year-Old Driver in Fatal SR52 Rollover Arrested on Suspicion of Vehicular Manslaughter

CHP reports the teen has been booked into Juvenile Hall and also charged with participating in a speed contest resulting in injury.

The teenage driver of a vehicle in which two Santee teens died this month has been arrested and booked into Juvenile Hall, CHP reports.

The 16-year-old surrendered to CHP Thursday following a warrant being issued for his arrest. He has been charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and two counts of participating in a speed contest resulting in injury.

Two teens died in the rollover crash that happened on April 4. Witnesses say a Volkswagon Passat and a Volvo raced each other on SR52, at speeds up to 110 miles per hour.

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The driver of the Passat, which rolled, surrendered to CHP Thursday morning with his father present, according to a news release.

He had been one of three teens hospitalized after the crash.

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The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office identified the dead teenagers as Santee resident Anthony Foreman, 18, and student Jaylie James Campbell, 16. They were each rear-seat passengers in the Passat and both were ejected from the vehicle, the Medical Examiner's Office reported.

Investigators haven't determined whether they were wearing seatbelts due to the extensive damage, CHP reported.

The Volvo's driver, 18-year-old Michael S. Johnson of Lakeside, was arrested and booked into San Diego County Jail for suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence of marijuana and racing in a speed contest causing injury, according to CHP. He was later released on $50,000 bail, UT San Diego reported.

Johnson is expected to be arraigned in the case this afternoon.

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-- City News Service contributed to this report.


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