On February 27, 2016, 35-year-old Dealio Lockhart was driving his Dodge Challenger V6 southbound on Interstate 5 (I-5), when he came up on a black Dodge Charger around midnight. Both drivers began chasing each other, reaching speeds of more than 100 mph, according to the CHP. Lockhart swerved to avoid a slower-moving vehicle, lost control, and hit the back of a UPS 18-wheeler. The impact caused the UPS truck, driven by 30-year UPS veteran Scott Treadway, to lose control and drive over the center median into the oncoming, northbound lane. The 18-wheeler sheered the roof of a Nissan Sentra, killing two of its passengers, teenagers Michelle Littlefield and Brian Lewandowski. The other two passengers of the Sentra were last reported in critical condition; the group was returning home from Disneyland. Treadway was killed instantly. The Charger that Lockhart claims to have been "racing" against fled the scene.

That's a lot of detail because, well, it's all unnecessary suffering caused by two drivers' arbitrary choice to begin speeding through traffic, late at night. "[Lockhart] said he just observed a similar-looking vehicle as his," CHP told CBS Los Angeles. "And it just caught his attention, and they began to race."

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One of the vehicles caught under the 18-wheeler, a late-1990s Chevrolet Blazer, was driven by Javier Gonzales. Gonzales was traveling northbound when the UPS 18-wheeler came over the center median: "I just see the UPS truck go up in the air over the center divider, and he landed in front of me, and I locked up my brakes and plowed into the truck. Everything burst into flames." Gonzales quickly began working his way to the back of his Blazer, just in time for someone to open the rear window of the SUV and help him out.

Lockhart, who currently sits with a $6.2-million bail, now faces three counts of murder and four counts of reckless driving. CHP is still on the lookout for the black Dodge Charger that Lockhart claimed to be racing.