SAN DIEGO (KGTV)— The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office on Wednesday identified the teenage driver who died in a fiery police pursuit crash late Monday night, leading to the death of a San Diego Police officer and leaving a fellow officer critically injured.
According to the medical examiner's office, at around 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 26, 16-year-old Edgar Giovanny Oviedo was driving a BMW sedan eastbound on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard when he laterally collided with a San Diego Police Department patrol vehicle that was northbound at the intersection at Doliva Drive.
The DMV confirmed to ABC 10News Thursday afternoon that Oviedo does not have a driver's license.
Paramedics who responded to the scene provided life-saving measures while transporting Oveido to a local hospital, but he was died after arrival.
The driver of the police vehicle, 30-year-old officer Austin Machitar, passed away at the scene. The passenger, 27-year-old officer Zach Martinez, was hospitalized with serious injuries.
SDPD officials have said the BMW initially fled other officers who tried to pull the driver over for speeding.
