A man has been charged with vehicular assault and reckless endangerment after a two-vehicle crash on Monday night.
Manuel Rayo-Navarro, 18, was driving a Ford F-150 pickup truck around 8:30 p.m. Police say that Rayo-Navarro was driving at a high rate of speed before he ran through a stop sign at the intersection of Binkley Drive and Danby Drive.
The pickup truck collided with a Honda CRV. Gabriel Rayo-Brown, 21, was thrown from the truck on impact. Rayo-Brown was riding in the bed of the truck.
Rayo-Brown is hospitalized and no information on his condition is available at this time.
The driver of the Honda was wearing a seatbelt and refused medical attention at the scene.
Police report that there was evidence of drug use in the Ford pickup truck. A blood sample was drawn from Rayo-Navarro for alcohol and drug analysis.
