NHTSA Complaint #10322282 — 2007 SCION TC

MONTEREY PARK -- A YOUNG WOMAN WAS KILLED AND A YOUNG MAN WAS BADLY INJURED LATE THURSDAY IN A SINGLE CAR CRASH ON ATLANTIC BOULEVARD, POLICE SAID. JASMINE ALEXI GARCIA, 19, OF LOS ANGELES DIED IN THE CRASH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORONER ASSISTANT CHIEF ED WINTER SAID. THE CRASH OCCURRED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN THE 700 BLOCK OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD, MONTEREY PARK POLICE OFFICIALS SAID IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT. GARCIA WAS A PASSENGER IN THE CAR, OFFICIALS SAID, AND THE DRIVER, A 19-YEAR-OLD MAN, WAS HOSPITALIZED IN AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. THE INVESTIGATION WAS ONGOING, HOWEVER OFFICIALS SAID IT INITIALLY APPEARED THE 2007 SCION WAS SOUTHBOUND AT HIGH SPEED JUST PRIOR TO THE CRASH. "THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TRAVERSE ALL THE LANES OF TRAFFIC IN AN EASTBOUND DIRECTION," ACCORDING TO THE POLICE STATEMENT. "THE VEHICLE THEN COLLIDED WITH A TREE." MONTEREY PARK FIREFIGHTERS USED THE "JAWS OF LIFE" TO FREE GARCIA AND THE DRIVER FROM THE WRECKAGE, POLICE SAID. THE WOMAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, AUTHORITIES SAID, AND THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY--USC MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT. THE TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT FRIDAY.