Three Kills in Overturned Crash on MDR-Venice Border ID'd

The coroner’s office on released the names of the woman and two men who died when a car struck a tree and overturned in Venice.

The accident was reported about 4:55 p.m. Monday at 171 Via Marina Court.

The people killed in the crash were 19-year-old Dimnike Clemmons, 18-year-old Anthony Sage, Jr. and 18-year-old Lavell Boyston Jr., according to coroner’s Lt. Larry Dietz. He did not yet know their cities of residence. All were pronounced dead at the scene.

A fourth person was taken to a trauma center for treatment of injuries suffered in the crash, according to Officer Alex Rubio of the California Highway Patrol, which was investigating the crash.

Two of the crash victims were trapped in the vehicle and freed by firefighters, and two were ejected, said Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

--City News Service, photo via Shutterstock