Rancho Cucamonga teen remains critical in Nov. 3 high-speed crash

RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- Nearly two weeks after her car was broadsided by a transient accused of fleeing authorities in a stolen car, an 18-year-old woman remains in critical condition with serious head injuries.

Jessica Garcia, of Rancho Cucamonga, is in a medically induced coma in the intensive care unit at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, said San Bernardino County Sheriff's spokeswoman Tracy Dorsey.

Garcia has not regained consciousness since the Nov. 3 crash, Dorsey said today.

Patrick Griffin, 41, has been charged with four felonies for allegedly running several red lights attempting to evade a sheriff's deputy on Arrow Route in Rancho Cucamonga.

When Griffin ran a red light at Vineyard Avenue, he slammed into the passenger side of Garcia's car, according to authorities.

Griffin, of Washington, remains jailed in lieu of $1.5 million bail at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.