From ADULTFYI:


Vehicular Manslaughter Charges in Surewood Case; Arraignment Set for Later Today

VAN NUYS- (KABC-TV) - Two men accused of a crash that killed a five-year-old boy and injured his mother and baby sister are due in court Wednesday.

That arraignment is set for later Wednesday. Both suspects in this now notorious case are facing multiple felonies stemming from last Tuesday's road-rage crash. The accident ended up killing a 5-year-old boy in Reseda.

Police say 19-year-old Armando Gamboa Ayon of Pacoima and 44-year-old Brian Barnes [aka Brian Surewood] of Northridge got into a road rage dispute while driving on Sherman Way between Balboa and Louise. Both men apparently tapped their brakes to make the other swerve and crash.

Ayon's Maxima plowed into the rear of a parked car, knocking it into a second parked car. Standing in between those parked vehicles were a 31-year-old mother and her two children, a five-year-old boy and a two-month-old baby girl. The little boy died as a result of his injuries, his mother and baby sister were critically injured. The mother's legs were crushed and one had to be amputated.

Ayon remained at the scene and was immediately taken into custody. He made his first court appearance last week for his bail hearing. The second suspect, Barnes, fled the scene, but later turned himself into police.

Both men have been held on $1.5 million bail. Later Wednesday they will be arraigned on vehicular manslaughter charges and several counts of reckless driving. Barnes will also face three felony counts of leaving the scene of an accident.

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This appears to be yesterday's, but it's all I found.

I'm guessing the Grand Jury failed to indict on Murder chrarges. Usually, a prosecutor will try to indict on a Murder charge (Murder 2, Depraived Indifference here in NY, I'm not sure about California) and work downward from there. If such a Murder charge actually went to trial, the Judge would likely allow Manslaughter/Vehicular Homicide as lesser-included offenses.