Second street racer in deadly South Dallas crash turns herself in: Police
DALLAS - The final suspect in a deadly Mother's Day street racing crash in South Dallas turned herself in to police on Wednesday.
The driver of the black Cadillac in the fatal crash that killed 59-year-old Jose Ambrocio Medina Soto was also the subject of Wednesday's Fox 4 Trackdown segment.
Dallas street racer turns herself in
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Sharonda Clark, 47, has been identified as the second driver in the fatal crash after surrendering herself to police. A $5,000 reward had been offered for her arrest after she fled from the scene of the May 11 incident.
Clark is now charged with collision involving serious bodily injury, collision involving death, collision involving bodily injury, racing on a highway causing serious bodily injury, racing on a highway causing death, and racing on a highway causing bodily injury.
Before turning herself in, police had only surveillance images of Clark, her vehicle and her license plate number to go on in the search for the driver.
Clark drove off after the crash, not stopping to help Soto, and she and her passengers were seen on video leaving the vehicle afterward. According to police, a child was left behind in the Cadillac by the occupants.
Clark is being held in the Dallas County Jail on $375,000 total bond.
First suspect arrested
The backstory:
The first driver to be arrested, 31-year-old Kadishjah Jackson, was driving a Ford Fusion while racing Clark. Police say Jackson's car flipped after striking Soto's truck, trapping her and her two passengers and killing Soto.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit Fox 4 requested from Dallas County, the Fusion was traveling at around 87 mph five seconds before the crash, and around 78 mph about a second before impact. The posted speed limit where the crash happened is 30 mph.
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Street racing sends car into oncoming traffic, killing driver in Dallas
A street racing crash turned deadly in Dallas Sunday night after a speeding car lost control and slammed into a pickup truck, killing the driver.
Surveillance video from a nearby business shows part of the crash.
In the footage, a black Cadillac and a blue Ford Fusion appear to lose control. The Fusion crosses into oncoming traffic and hits a dark-colored pickup truck. The Cadillac is seen driving away from the scene.
Trackdown: South Dallas street-racing death
A reward is being offered for information on the second driver involved in a fatal Mother's Day street racing crash in South Dallas that killed Jose Medina, while one driver has already been charged.
Jackson was hospitalized after the crash, and arrested upon her release. She is facing charges of manslaughter, aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, racing on a highway causing bodily injury and two counts of racing on a highway causing serious bodily injury. Her combined bonds total $1 million.
The Source: Information in this article comes from the Dallas Police Department and previous Fox 4 coverage.