A motorist fleeing police, reaching speeds up to 100 miles per hour, was killed Saturday when he smashed into another car carrying three people at the entrance to Cal State Los Angeles, the California Highway Patrol said.
The three occupants in the Dodge Charger were injured. The driver, a 53- year-old man, suffered minor injuries. His passengers, a 49-year-old woman, suffered major injuries and a 20-year-old woman suffered moderate injuries. All three people were residents of Hayward, near San Francisco, and were taken to Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center.
The speeding motorist had been driving a 1997 Honda Accord, got out of his car after striking the Dodge Charger, and collapsed on a lawn next to a bus stop. He was later pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
The crash at Paseo Rancho Castilla, east of Mariondale Avenue occurred at 1:04 a.m.
Prior to the crash, the CHP had been pursuing the unidentified man in the Honda for a speed violation on the westbound San Bernardino (10) Freeway from Del Mar Avenue in Rosemead. The Honda got off the freeway at Fremont Avenue and continued speeding west on Hellman Avenue.
The CHP unit continued to pursue the Honda until it lost sight of it just east of the Long Beach (710) Freeway overcrossing. The Honda sped west on Hellman Avenue, which turns into Paseo Rancho Castilla, at the entrance of Cal State Los Angeles.
The Dodge Charger was stopped at a stop sign eastbound on Paseo Rancho Castilla, where it was about to make a right turn into the university parking lot.
The Honda driver apparently missed a slight curve and struck the Dodge Charger head on, investigators said. The impact propelled the Dodge about 125 feet backward.
The Honda continued forward where it hit a bus stop awning and came to a rest on the south sidewalk of Paseo Rancho Castilla, the CHP said.
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