Teen Killed After Crashing Outside Funeral Home Identified

A teenage passenger in a speeding Toyota who died when the car crashed outside an Oakland funeral home Monday night has been identified as 17-year-old DeShawn Thomas Rabon, according to the Alameda County coroner’s bureau.

Rabon, a San Leandro resident, was riding without a seatbelt in the backseat of the Toyota Solara as it sped south on Telegraph Avenue in the city’s Pill Hill neighborhood just before 10 p.m. Monday, according to police. As the driver tried to move from the left to the right lane of the street, the car swerved toward the curb and crashed into several parking meters and a palm tree, police said.

The car rolled over and stopped in front of Fouche’s Hudson Funeral Home at 3665 Telegraph Ave. A woman walking in the area was either hit by the car or flying debris and was taken to a hospital and was reported to be in stable condition Tuesday. The driver and at least one passenger ran from the car after the crash, witnesses told police. Arriving officers found Rabon’s body in the backseat of the crumpled car. Police are trying to track down the driver and the other passenger.

Police spokeswoman Officer Johnna Watson said as of this morning there have been no arrests and she could not provide a more detailed description of the suspects. Oakland police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering a $10,000 reward for an arrest in the case.

Anyone with information has been asked to call the department’s traffic investigation unit at (510) 777-8570.

By Bay City News

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