{"id":203611,"date":"2026-03-04T08:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/203611\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:23:19","slug":"man-charged-in-oakland-county-crash-that-killed-mom-2-kids-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/203611\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Charged In Oakland County Crash That Killed Mom, 2 Kids: Sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PONTIAC, MI \u2014 A man has been charged in connection with a fatal crash that killed a <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/michigan\/rochester\/3-dead-including-2-kids-oakland-county-crash-sheriff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mom and her two kids<\/a> in Oakland County last summer, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened on Aug. 29 at the intersection of Montcalm Road and Joslyn Road in Pontiac, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said Deniquah Reed, 37, and her sons, 6-year-old Dior and 4-year-old Dex were killed in the crash. Reed&#8217;s 9-year-old daughter, Demi, was seriously injured and has since recovered, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Tomas Alvarado Jr., 21, was charged with three counts of reckless driving causing death (15-year felony) and one count of reckless driving causing serious injury (5-year felony).<\/p>\n<p>He was placed in jail and released on personal bond. Officials said he turned himself in to police when he learned he was charged in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said Alvarado was driving a 2022 Honda Civic SB on Joslyn when the car crossed over the centerline and left the roadway. The car hit several signs and poles before striking a 2025 Chevy Malibu that was waiting at a red light on westbound Montcalm Avenue, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Reed and her three kids were inside the Malibu, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarado was also injured in the crash and has since recovered, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said speed played a role in the crash, but not drugs or alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Driving a multiple thousand-pound vehicle requires our full and complete attention,&#8221; Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. &#8220;This a tragic reminder of that fact and the penalties that await when driving is not safely executed. Our prayers are with the family and friends of those lost.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PONTIAC, MI \u2014 A man has been charged in connection with a fatal crash that killed a mom&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-203611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}