The families of two people who died in a fiery crash on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway in Norwalk that also killed two others announced a damages claim against the California Highway Patrol Tuesday, alleging an officer set off the deadly chain of events.

The crash occurred just before 1 a.m. July 20 on the freeway just north of Rosecrans Avenue. According to attorneys, a CHP cruiser rear-ended a Nissan sedan with four people inside — including Julie Hamori, 23, and Armand Del Campo, 24 — leaving the Nissan disabled in the fast lane of the freeway.

The attorneys contend the CHP officer moved the patrol vehicle off the freeway, but never deployed any flares or warning lights, leaving the disabled Nissan on the roadway, where it was struck several minutes later by an alleged drunken dr

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