Around 12:45 a.m. Saturday, the car was traveling west on Sunset Boulevard and began to turn onto Pacific Coast Highway. It was there that the 21-year-old driver lost control and crashed into people and cars on the shoulder of Sunset.
The crash was so severe, two cars flipped over the small roadside cliff, one landing upside down on the sand and the other ending up in the water.
A 32-year-old woman died at the scene, while six people were taken to the hospital. One person is in serious condition, while five are fair-to-moderate. The driver was arrested for drunk driving, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
UPDATE: The 32-year-old woman killed was publicly identified Sunday. Ashleigh Lawrence was a Los Angeles resident, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office. She died at the scene of the accident.
" This was an absolutely brutal crash. A drunk driver in a green charger hit a couple of parked cars on PCH, catapulting them over the side, where they landed on people walking along the water. Last night, I heard there was 1 dead and 1 in critical plus a number of minor injuries. The woman who died was one of those walking along the beach.
The crash happened right at Sunset/PCH.
It's unclear, but I think the pedestrians may have been walking along the shoulder, not on the beach. They were pushed over though."
"The vehicles struck three people who were sitting on the rocks. A 32-year-old woman was declared dead at the scene of the crash, and a 32-year-old woman and 17-year-old boy were taken to a nearby hospital, where they were in stable condition, an LAPD spokesperson said Saturday morning.
News footage showed the two vehicles lying on the beach in Pacific Palisades early Saturday, waves lapping at the wreckage.
The 21-year-old driver of the vehicle that struck the parked cars was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, according to the LAPD. The crash remains under investigation."
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