3 Orange County Uber passengers killed in crash in LA
Three women from Orange County who were passengers in an Uber were killed early Saturday, Aug. 26, when the car was involved in a collision in south Los Angeles.
Three other people were critically injured, the California Highway Patrol said.
The Los Angeles Police Department said Kimberly Izquierdo, 27, of Santa Ana; Juvelyn Arroyo, 23, of San Juan Capistrano; and Veronica Amezola, 23, of Santa Ana, died in the collision.
Fox/11 reported that the women were all sitting in the back seat of an Uber, that a male passenger in the front seat was injured and the female driver was critically injured.
The crash happened around 5:25 a.m. at South Vermont Avenue and West Century Boulevard, several blocks west of the 110 Freeway. LAPD Sgt. Clarence Perkins, in an interview at the scene with NBC/4, said the Mercedes ran a red light and plowed into the Honda.
The LAPD is investigating the crash.
No additional information was immediately available.
SCNG Staff Writer Mona Darwish and City News Service contributed to this report.
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