Crime & Safety
Man Killed, 2 Women Injured in La Mirada Crash
Speed was a factor in the crash, authorities said. The speeding car hit a center divider, knocked down a sign and slammed into a tree.
LA MIRADA, CA - A man was killed and two women were seriously injured when a speeding car hit a center divider, knocked down a sign and slammed into a tree in La Mirada, authorities said.
The crash happened about 11:40 p.m. Thursday, on Valley View Avenue, just north of Artesia Boulevard on the border between La Mirada and Cerritos, sheriff's Sgt. Hank Ortega said. The Norwalk sheriff's station provides policing for La Mirada.
"Speed was a factor," Ortega said. "The car hit the divider, took out a sign and hit a tree."
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Ortega said the man in his 30s who died at the scene was a passenger in the car. His identity was withheld pending notification of kin.
Two women in the car -- one of them the driver -- were hospitalized in serious condition, Ortega said.
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Investigators are investigating if drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash., the sergeant said.
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