Crime & Safety
Reality Star Kills Youtube Star In McLaren Sports Car Crash: LAPD
"Ink Master" star Daniel Silva was arrested on suspicion of murder Monday in the high-speed crash that killed YouTuber Corey La Barrie.
VALLEY VILLAGE, CA —Daniel Silva, a star on the tattoo- competition show "Ink Master," is facing a possible murder charge in the San Fernando Valley crash that killed his passenger YouTube personality Corey La Barrie Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department amd media reports.
Police arrested the 27-year-old reality TV star Monday for allegedly crashing a sports car, killing La Barrie, and attempting to flee the scene. Witnesses who had stopped to render aid, stopped Silva from fleeing the scene, according to LAPD. He was booked Monday on suspicion of murder Monday.
The crash occurred about 9:40 p.m. Sunday in the 4900 block of Carpenter Avenue in the Valley Village area, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Silva was allegedly driving a 2020 McLaren 600LT at high speed eastbound on Huston Street, when he lost control, ran off the road and hit a stop sign and tree on the northeast corner of Huston Street and Carpenter Avenue, police said.
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The vehicle's passenger, who TMZ identified as La Barrie, died at a hospital, police said. It was his 25th birthday.
Silva was injured in the crash but did not suffer life-threatening injuries, according to TMZ.
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City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.
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