CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. - A 21-year-old motorist chased a car carrying her ex-boyfriend and a teenage woman onto a highway and repeatedly rammed their vehicle, causing a wreck that killed the teenager, police said.
Laura Medina was arrested on suspicion of murder and booked into Santa Rita Jail. The man was not identified.
"We believe it was an intentional criminal act," said Sgt. Scott Dudek of the Alameda County sheriff's department. "Obviously, she intended to hurt someone in the car."
Medina's attorney, Fred Remer, said Medina didn't intend to harm anyone, and that the other car crashed because it hit a speed bump and lost control.
Police said Medina had broken up with the man a few days before she spotted him Tuesday in East Oakland with Michelle Dickerson, 18. Enraged, she and three girlfriends chased their car onto an interstate, allegedly ramming their car a dozen times, police said.
The highway chase reached speeds up to 90 mph, police said.
The chase ended in Castro Valley, where Medina allegedly again rammed the car, causing it to spin into a row of parked cars, police said. Dickerson died of head injuries.
"It's just a waste of a life over something stupid as jealousy or rage or whatever," said Dickerson's stepfather, Bruce Babcock.
Medina surrendered Wednesday and will be arraigned Friday.
Laura Medina was arrested on suspicion of murder and booked into Santa Rita Jail. The man was not identified.
"We believe it was an intentional criminal act," said Sgt. Scott Dudek of the Alameda County sheriff's department. "Obviously, she intended to hurt someone in the car."
Medina's attorney, Fred Remer, said Medina didn't intend to harm anyone, and that the other car crashed because it hit a speed bump and lost control.
Police said Medina had broken up with the man a few days before she spotted him Tuesday in East Oakland with Michelle Dickerson, 18. Enraged, she and three girlfriends chased their car onto an interstate, allegedly ramming their car a dozen times, police said.
The highway chase reached speeds up to 90 mph, police said.
The chase ended in Castro Valley, where Medina allegedly again rammed the car, causing it to spin into a row of parked cars, police said. Dickerson died of head injuries.
"It's just a waste of a life over something stupid as jealousy or rage or whatever," said Dickerson's stepfather, Bruce Babcock.
Medina surrendered Wednesday and will be arraigned Friday.
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