UPDATE: Suspects identified in Harden Parkway street racing crash in Salinas

UPDATE 8/19/15: Police have identified the suspects involved in a street racing crash.

Police said Nicolas Guerrero, 19, was driving his Ford Mustang with a 17-year-old passenger. Ricardo Acuna, 19, was driving his Acura Integra with a suspended driver’s license, carrying two 17-year-old female passengers.

The two engaged in a street race traveling eastbound on Harden Parkway from North Main Street.

That’s when a 34-year-old woman driving a Ford Explorer turned onto Harden from Regency Circle, directly in front of Acuna’s car. They collided, causing the Explorer to roll and strike a tree.

The force of the impact also caused all three people in Acuna’s car to get pinned under the dashboard. All three had to be extricated from the vehicle and the 17-year-old girl in the front seat suffered life-threatening injuries.

All four people were taken to a local trauma center with major injuries.

Guerrero, the driver of the Mustang, left several hundred feet of locked wheel skid, but stopped and waited with his car. He is on felony probation and was taken to the police department for questioning, along with his passenger. He volunteered to provide a blood sample and alcohol does not appear to be a factor in his case. Guerrero was released pending the outcome of an investigation.

It is still unclear whether he and/or Acuna will be charged with crimes.

PREVIOUS STORY: Harden Parkway from Broadway Drive to Regency circle in Salinas will be closed for several hours as officers investigate the cause of a three vehicle accident that happened Tuesday night.

The crash involved a Ford Explorer, a Ford Mustang and an Acura Integra.

Police said three people inside the Acura were severely injured. All three had to be extracted out of the vehicle, police said. The driver of this vehicle was airlifted to a hospital.

Witnesses reported cars were racing going eastbound on Harden Parkway when they both struck the explorer driven by a woman.

Police said it’s unclear whether alcohol or drugs were involved.

News Channel 5 will update this story as more information becomes available.