Overview

• Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded around 1:43 a.m. and used hydraulic tools to extricate occupants from the wrecked vehicle.
• Authorities said the driver died after being transported to a hospital and a back-seat passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.
• The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office confirmed two fatalities associated with the crash.
• Freelance outlet KNN reported an LAPD patrol unit observed the vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed before impact, a detail still under review.
• The collision damaged an electrical pole and at least one other vehicle, and a DWP crew was dispatched as investigators work to determine the cause.