Way Crash During Police Pursuit in Pomona

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office Sunday released the name of the second of two men killed in a deadly wrong-way rollover crash on the San Bernardino (10) Freeway in Pomona during a police pursuit.

Officers from the Pomona Police Department were pursuing a black BMW X6 on the westbound freeway about 4:45 p.m. Friday when the driver began going the wrong way near Kellogg Drive, lost control and crashed into a dirt berm, CHP Officer Sergio Garcia told City News Service.

The BMW rolled several times onto the transition road from the northbound Chino Valley (71) Freeway, Garcia said. The driver, identified as 30-year-old Erick Daniel Bolanos of Montclair, ran away but was quickly taken into custody, police said.

Two passengers inside the BMW were ejected in the crash and were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Jose Caudillo, 38, and 34-year-old Joey Gomez both died from blunt traumatic injuries, according to the Medical Examiner's office. Gomez was identified Saturday.

A third passenger, a 45-year-old man, sustained non-life-threatening injuries to his abdomen and was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital for treatment, police said.

A 44-year-old woman was driving a white Toyota C-HR on the transition road when her vehicle was struck by debris from the BMW, but she was not injured.

"The traffic crash is being investigated by the California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Area, with the assistance of CHP Southern Division Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team, while any criminal charges against Mr. Bolanos are being pursued by Pomona Police Department," according to a CHP statement.

Anyone with information about the crash was asked to call CHP Officer H. Metzgar at 626-338-1164.