LOS ANGELES—A man is in custody after allegedly killing two people while speeding, then fleeing the scene of the crash in South Los Angeles, authorities said May 21.
Firefighters and paramedics dispatched at 12:38 a.m. to 3998 S. Normandie Avenue reported two people dead at the scene, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The suspect, a man in his 30s, was driving a white Jeep Wrangler Rubicon that struck a white BMW that was exiting a drive-thru restaurant at the corner of Normandie and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, officials said.
The two occupants inside the BMW, a 21-year-old man, and a 20-year-old woman were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Media Relations Division….