Man Arrested After Two Killed, One Injured in DUI Crash

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) --      critical and was transported
Police arrested a 27-year-old      to LA County Hospital, one
Garden Grove man today for         was treated and released and
allegedly driving drunk            two were pronounced dead upon
before he crashed his pickup       arrival."
truck, killed two of his           Two of Young's passengers --
passengers and injured             Ioane Lui Nuumau, II, 28, and
another.                           Ryan Faiga Tauiliili, 24, --
The man, David Lee Young,          were killed in the wreck.
lost control of the truck          Police said one of the
about 1:20 a.m. as he was          victims was killed after
heading east on Wilshire           being ejected from the truck
Boulevard near Park View           and the other died inside the
Street. The truck crashed          truck's cab.
into a cement wall, police         A 23-year-old man survived
officials said.                    the crash with minor injuries
When firefighters arrived at       was wearing his seatbelt,
the scene, they pulled four        police said. He and Lee were
people from the twisted            the lone survivors.
wreckage using the Jaws of         Police arrested Lee on
Life.                              suspicion of murder.
"We had a total of four            The intersection was closed
people that were extricated,"      down before dawn as emergency
said Los Angeles Fire              crews cleaned up the scene
Department Battalion Chief         but all roads were re-opened
Fred Mathis. "One was              before 6 a.m.                 

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