FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – Police say two sisters are dead after an SUV crashed into their home during a chase in central Fresno on Wednesday night.
It happened on Cedar at Nevada – just north of Tulare Avenue.
At 9:47 pm on Wednesday, Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies assigned to the MultiAgency Gang Enforcement Consortium (MAGEC) were conducting proactive patrols in southeast Fresno. While near Verrue Avenue and Eighth Street, deputies witnessed a disturbance between a group of possible gang members.
-Fresno County Sheriff’s Office
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office MAGEC detectives attempted to make a traffic stop on the SUV just before 10 pm Wednesday.
As deputies drove closer, one of the men got into a white Chevy Tahoe and sped away, running a stop sign. A deputy turned on his light and siren to make a traffic stop. The driver, later identified as Adam Canales, refused to pull over.
-Fresno County Sheriff’s Office
The driver sped away and the pursuit started.
That’s when the SUV crashed into the central Fresno home.
The deputy was behind Canales for a total of 27 seconds before witnessing him run a stop sign, crossing over Cedar Avenue, crashing through a fence and into a house. Canales got out of his vehicle and ran from the scene.
-Fresno County Sheriff’s Office
”The suspect vehicle went off the roadway and collided into a residence,” says Fresno Police Lt. Zeb Price. “The vehicle went into the residence, and some individuals or the residents inside the house were injured.”
Firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the home to check on people inside. Authorities initially said a man and woman were killed, but later confirmed it was two women who were sisters. They are identified as 25 year old Mang Yang and 18 year old Eliza Yang of Fresno, killed as a result of the wrecked vehicle.
Other people inside were not injured.
The suspect, who was the only person in the car, ran from the scene and was arrested across Cedar in a neighborhood on Ball Avenue.
Law enforcement is familiar with Canales. He is a known gang member who is currently on probation for possession of a firearm. Due to the crash happening in a city location, the Fresno Police Department is handling this portion of the investigation.
-Fresno County Sheriff’s Office
Canales was taken to a local hospital for his injuries.
18 year old Adam Canales of Fresno been booked into the Fresno County Jail on charges of evading police and vehicular manslaughter. He is also facing an infraction for driving with alcohol in his system and being under 21 years old.
-Fresno County Sheriff’s Office
Listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern.
