FILLMORE, Calif. (KABC) -- A Fillmore man has been arrested on suspicion of murder as police said he intentionally caused a multiple-vehicle crash that resulted in a driver's death.
Fillmore police said Eduardo Robles, 30, was traveling westbound on State Route 126 in a gray Honda sedan Thursday afternoon when he intentionally accelerated his car into the back of another vehicle.
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The rear-ended vehicle spun into the eastbound lanes and was struck by a tractor-trailer, police said. The driver of that rear-ended car was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the tractor-trailer and Robles' passenger were injured in the collision and taken to a local hospital for treatment, investigators said.
The crash shut down both directions of the 126 for hours.
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Robles was booked on one count of murder and one count of attempted murder. He is being held at the pre-trial detention facility in Ventura in lieu of $700,000 bail.
The identity of the deceased victim was not immediately disclosed. Police described him as a 28-year-old man.