{"id":326049,"date":"2026-05-21T11:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/326049\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:25:17","slug":"one-of-two-riders-killed-in-mather-crash-id-as-sacramento-man-faces-dui-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/326049\/","title":{"rendered":"One of two riders killed in Mather crash ID as Sacramento man faces DUI charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials on Wednesday identified one of two riders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article315810191.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:killed in a suspected DUI crash;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;killed in a suspected DUI crash&quot;}\" class=\"link \">killed in a suspected DUI crash<\/a> involving a speeding pickup Monday night in the Mather area of Sacramento County, and named the man arrested in connection with the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Sacramento County Coroner\u2019s Office identified Myroslav Kulinich, 20, of Sacramento, as one of the victims. The name of the other 20-year-old Sacramento man killed in the crash will be released after next of kin are notified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The California Highway Patrol\u2019s East Sacramento office identified the suspect as Jihvon Jessenadea Thompson, 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thompson was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on five felony charges, including two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, according to Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thompson fled into nearby fields after the crash but was later identified and arrested at a Sacramento County residence, CHP said. He is being held on $560,000 bail, according to jail records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thompson will be arraigned in Sacramento Superior Court on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">About 9:17 p.m. Monday, CHP officers responded to Eagles Nest Road near Woodring Drive to reports of a crash involving a Nissan Titan traveling at a high rate of speed and two e-motorcycles stopped at a stop sign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After striking the e-motorcycles, the Nissan collided with a Toyota Corolla before crashing into a ditch, CHP said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officer Angie Monroe, a spokesperson for CHP\u2019s East Sacramento office, said Tuesday that four people were in the Nissan. In addition to Thompson, another passenger fled into the fields and was detained before being released, Monroe said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The other two passengers suffered moderate to severe injuries and were hospitalized, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis devastating crash is a stark reminder of how fragile life truly is,\u201d Lt. Brian Maynard, commander of the CHP East Sacramento office, said in a news release. \u201cWe encourage all drivers to stay attentive behind the wheel, obey posted speed limits, and prioritize traffic safety on every trip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A candlelight memorial for Kulinich and the other 20-year-old man killed in the crash was scheduled for 9 p.m. Wednesday on <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/tpLzGU7RVzZ5Mgho9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Eagles Nest Road near Woodring Drive;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Eagles Nest Road near Woodring Drive&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Eagles Nest Road near Woodring Drive<\/a>, near the crash site, according to an Instagram Story posted on an account that appeared to belong to Kulinich and was being operated by his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officials on Wednesday identified one of two riders killed in a suspected DUI crash involving a speeding pickup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[276,135620,135621,121,357,123,122,21180],"class_list":["post-326049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-east-sacramento","tag-jihvon-jessenadea-thompson","tag-myroslav-kulinich","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-county","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sacramento-superior-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326049","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=326049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}