The suspect, 33-year-old Mark Shoemate, was arrested at the scene and booked for vehicular manslaughter and felony DUI.
It happened just before 10 p.m. on the southbound lanes of the freeway north of Rio Rancho Road.struck a tow truck traveling northbound on the freeway, causing it to jump the center divider into oncoming southbound traffic. That's when the tow truck collided head-on with a family traveling southbound in a minivan.Shoemate was arrested at the scene and booked for vehicular manslaughter and felony DUI.
The 71 Freeway between Mission Boulevard and Rio Rancho Road remains closed in both directions and crews estimate they will reopen the roads around 11 a.m.Anyone with information about this collision is encouraged to call the Pomona Police Department's Traffic Services Bureau at
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