SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- A bail worth more than 1 million U.S. dollars has been set for a man arrested for a deadly multi-car crash that killed four people on an interstate highway in San Francisco on the western U.S. coast, local reports said Sunday.
The 47-year-old man, identified as Fred Lowe, was arrested Saturday night by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) following a hit-and-run collision that instantly killed four people and injured six others on Interstate 80 highway in the Bay Area, north of San Francisco.
The man fled the scene before police arrived, but witnesses informed the police of the suspect vehicle, according to a spokesman for the CHP Oakland division.
The suspect man and vehicle were soon caught by police for being involved in another hit-and-run car collision at another place. He was detained and charged with drunken driving and driving on a suspended license.
His bail was set at 1.15 million dollars, the reports quoted jail officials as saying.
In California, a bail amount depends on the charge and on the jurisdiction where the charge is filed.
Typically, bail amounts of 20,000 and 50,000 dollars are often set for less serious offenses, but the most serious crimes can carry a bail of up to 1 million dollars or more.
