October 8, 2011 - According to reports a driver involved in a deadly crash was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence. According to police the deadly crash occurred at approximately 1:20 a.m. while the driver was traveling east on Wilshire Boulevard and the intersection of Park View Street.

According to police 27 year old David Lee Young, of Garden Grove was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. Authorities suspect Young was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the white pickup truck he was driving, causing it to car crash into a cement wall.

According to Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief Fred Mathis, stated that firefighters at the scene of the crash had to extract four people from the pickup truck using the Jaws of Life. Two of the passengers in the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, another was in critical condition and transported to LA County Hospital. One person was treated and released.

Chief Mathis, said that one of the victims that were pronounced dead at the scene had been ejected from the pickup truck and another died inside of the vehicle.

According to police a 23 year old man in the crash that sustained only minor injuries that was treated and released was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The two passengers that were killed in the crash have been identified as 24 year old Faiga Tauiliili and 28 year old Loane Lui Nuumau, II.

Young, who was the only other survivor in the crash and the driver of the pickup truck was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence resulting in deaths. Ehline Law Firm PC is a DUI accident attorney who handles these types of cases often. We remind the public that drinking and driving is a selfish, and deadly act. Please don't drink and drive.

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