FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man they say killed a California Highway Patrol officer and another man in a freeway crash.
It was announced Wednesday that Sean Walker of Rocklin is facing two charges of vehicular manslaughter. It's unclear whether he has an attorney.
Prosecutors say Walker was on his cellphone and distracted last Friday when his pickup truck slammed into motorcycle officer Kirk Griess, who had pulled over an SUV on the shoulder of Interstate 80 in Fairfield.
The crash killed Griess, a 19-yer CHP veteran, and the SUV's driver, 49-year-old Jaime Manuel.
Griess leaves a wife and three children. Manuel is survived by a wife and daughter in the Philippines.