An allegedly-drunk motorist smashed his pickup truck into a cement wall in the Westlake District Saturday, killing two of his passengers and injuring a third, police said.
"The story is that they were leaving a bar," said Los Angeles police Sgt. Jeff Siggers of the Central Traffic Division.
The motorist, David Young Lee, 27, of Garden Grove, was booked on suspicion of murder. Paramedics rushed Lee, who was suffering from critical injuries, to an area hospital.
Siggers said Lee had a broken leg. The crash at Wilshire Boulevard and Park View Street occurred about 1:20 a.m., said Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. John Sullivan.
Police identified the dead as Garden Grove residents Ioane Lui Nuumau II, 28, and Ryan Faiga Tauilili, 24. A 23-year-old man, also from Garden Grove, suffered only minor injuries and was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
Lee, driving eastbound on Wilshire Boulevard at Park View Street, lost control of a white GMC 4X4 with an extended cab and allowed it strike a park cement wall. One passenger died inside the truck and another passenger was killed after being ejected from the vehicle.
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