Overview
- Early Sunday morning at Culver Drive and Deerfield Avenue, a 2019 McLaren sped from a stopped light, lost control, struck a curb and a tree, split in two and caught fire with two people found dead inside.
- Irvine Police released a preliminary sequence saying the car traveled northbound at a high rate of speed after the light turned green and that the driver lost control.
- Family posts and the South OC Cars and Coffee community identified one victim as co‑founder James Wehr, 27, but police and the coroner have not yet officially released the victims' names.
- One media report has named the second victim as Alexis 'Lexi' Kramer based on family statements, though that identification remains unconfirmed by authorities.
- Investigators have asked anyone who saw the McLaren before the crash or who has video to come forward to help determine who was driving and whether other factors or vehicles contributed, and the crash has drawn widespread tributes from the local car community.