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School says former Pomona basketball coach, wife among victims of 10 Freeway crash

Former Pomona High School assistant basketball coach Clarence Nelson and his wife, Lisa, have been identified by the school as the two victims of a fiery multi-vehicle crash in Ontario on Tuesday.

A Facebook post from Pomona High School confirmed social media rumors from loved ones that Clarence and Lisa Nelson were among the three people killed when a tractor trailer driven by a 21-year-old man crashed into slow-moving traffic on the west side of the highway.

message sent The photo prepared by Pomona High School was short; just a photo of Clarence Nelson being interviewed on camera and a photo from the local news.

“RIP Coach Nelson and his wife.

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It was not immediately clear when or for how long Nelson coached at the school. Very few details about his wife Lisa are publicly available.

The driver believed to be responsible for causing the multi-vehicle accident and the subsequent fiery incident was identified as Jashanpreet Singh from Yuba City.

Singh was arrested at the scene and has since been transported to the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga to await charges of vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of drugs.

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