Los Angeles, CA (November 16, 2024) – According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), two 22-year-old men were in a vehicle struck by a Mercedes allegedly involved in a street race against a Rolls-Royce in Van Nuys, leaving one of the victims dead and the other critically injured.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the incident took place near westbound Sherman Way at about 9:50 p.m. on Friday, when the Mercedes collided with the right side of a Honda Civic that was going eastbound and negotiating a left turn into a parking lot at Sherman Circle.
The Rolls veered to the left to avoid striking the Honda and went into oncoming lanes. There, it collided with a Chevrolet Traverse going eastbound before striking a curb. The motorist in the Rolls exited the car and fled the location in an unknown direction, police said.
The two occupants of the Honda—identified as Rangel Vega and Alejandro Luquin—were both taken to hospitals in critical condition. Officers say that Vega died Saturday. Luquin remains hospitalized and will still need to undergo additional surgeries, officials added. That said, an investigation is still ongoing, and anyone with information for police can contact CHP in the meantime.
If you’ve lost a loved one in a car crash, our Los Angeles wrongful death lawyers at Leiva Law Firm are available to help you and yours as soon as possible.
