"A 24-year-old woman suspected of causing a crash that killed two people in Long Beach over the weekend is also accused of fatally striking a bicyclist in the city's Alamitos Beach neighborhood in October, authorities said. Ahkeyajahnique Owens, 24, of Long Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 7, pleaded not guilty to one count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence to an Oct. 6 crash along Fourth Street near Bonito Avenue that left 35-year-old Raul Augustin Gallopa critically injured, according to authorities and court records."
"On Sunday, Jan. 4, Owens sped along Sixth Street and ran a red light at Atlantic Avenue in a BMW before slamming into a Nissan sedan and a Kia Soul as they were traveling on Atlantic, police said. The Nissan ended up on its roof. Two passengers Bobbi Smith, 24 of Buena Park and Gilberto Lopez, 21, of Midway City were ejected and died at the scene, police said. Two other Nissan occupants were hospitalized, and so was the Kia Soul's driver. Owens ran away, police said."
Ahkeyajahnique Owens, 24, of Long Beach, pleaded not guilty on Jan. 7 to one count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for an Oct. 6 crash on Fourth Street near Bonito Avenue that critically injured 35-year-old Raul Augustin Gallopa, who died two weeks later. Gallopa was riding eastbound and attempting a left turn onto Bonito when struck by Owens' BMW; Owens remained at the scene. Inmate records show Owens was arrested Oct. 6 on suspicion of reckless driving for speeding and released the next day on her own recognizance. On Jan. 4, Owens allegedly ran a red light at Atlantic Avenue, crashing into a Nissan and a Kia Soul; two Nissan passengers were ejected and killed, others were hospitalized, and Owens initially fled but later turned herself in and was held on $200,000 bail. Detectives plan a separate case for the Jan. 4 crash.
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