Police are seeking the public's help, and offering a $25,000 reward, in hopes of finding a hit-and-run driver involved in a suspected street-racing crash in South Los Angeles over the weekend that left two 9-year-old girls critically injured. The other alleged racer, who remained at the scene, was also severely injured in the collision that took place at about 8:55 p.m. on Dec. 9 at Hoover Street and Florence Avenue, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a written statement. Jazmin Torres was making a left turn from westbound Florence Avenue to southbound Hoover Street when an eastbound Chevrolet Camaro that police said was racing a Ford Mustang slammed into her vehicle. Los Angeles firefighters freed the woman and girls from the wreckage and took them to hospitals for treatment, officials said. The driver of the Camaro, identified as Franklin Winbon, 39, also suffered major injuries in the crash, according to the LAPD. The Mustang driver, meanwhile, fled the scene without stopping to render aid or identify themselves. Torres said she was not seriously injured, but both girls are now at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in medically induced comas. Rangel's mother, Lety Garcia, said her daughter suffered a serious brain injury Police said they expect Winbon to face reckless driving and street racing charges, though they did not say that he had been arrested as of Thursday night. Once the Mustang driver is found, that person will likely face the same counts in addition to a felony hit-and-run charge.
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