Charges against the Tesla driver stem from a 1:36am crash at 80mph into a pedestrian.
Joseph Sutter, 34, is facing vehicular homicide and reckless driving charges in the Aug. 29 crash that killed the 17-year-old boy, the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. The office is not releasing the boy’s name because he was a minor.
Lakewood police were called to the intersection of South Wadsworth Boulevard and West Mexico Place for reports of a crash involving a pedestrian. Officers found the boy lying in the southbound lanes of Wadsworth with severe injuries. He died at the scene.