3 KILLED IN CRASH ON PCH.Byline: Jaxon Van Derbeken Daily News Staff Writer An apparent race between a Porsche and a motorcycle on Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Police sought the public's help in finding the driver of the motorcycle who witnesses saw racing with a 1996 Porsche Carrera Carrera is a trademarked name (Spanish for "race") exclusively used by Porsche for its models to honor the company's success in the Carrera Panamericana race. The following vehicles have been called Carrera:
Detective Terry Pearson said there reportedly were two people on the motorcycle that stopped with the Porsche at the Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. light. ``Here we have a little drag racing drag racing Form of motor racing in which two contestants race side by side from a standing start over a straight quarter-mile strip of pavement. Winners go on to compete against others in their class until only one is left undefeated. and before you know it, you have three people dead,'' said Pearson, an investigator in the Los Angeles Police Department's West Traffic Division. Pearson said the crash occurred just 700 feet past the Sunset signal, when the motorcycle appeared to cut off the Porsche, and Motamen lost control, crossing into opposing traffic and colliding with a 1993 Mazda MPV The Mazda MPV is an MPV (minivan) manufactured by Mazda. It was introduced in 1989 as a rear wheel drive model and was replaced in 2000 with a more modern front wheel drive version. Over 1 million MPV models had been produced since its introduction. . ``Both the motorcycle and the Porsche took off at a high rate of speed,'' Pearson said. ``Witnesses, in their opinion, said they were racing,'' Pearson said, adding there was ``a lot of revving of engines.'' Witnesses indicate the Porsche was going about 80 mph at the time it crossed the road. Motamen died as a result of the accident as did two occupants of the Mazda, 65-year-old Chang Youn and her husband, Hee Sik Youn, 73, Pearson said. The couple's son, Young Suk SUK Sveriges Unga Katoliker (Swedens Young Catholics) Youn, of Los Angeles was hospitalized as was his 5-month-old son. The couple's daughters, Young Sil Youn, 42, and Mido Youn, 37, both of Los Angeles, also were hospitalized. The motorcycle was described as a ``ninja type'' - either a Kawasaki, Suzuki or Yamaha. Both people on the motorcycle were wearing helmets, Pearson said. ``We would like to talk to them and get their version of what happened,'' he said. |
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