Two fathers killed in South L.A. crash; one was on the way to meet his newborn
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Set us as preferred A father was on his way to meet his newborn child when he and a friend, also a dad, were killed in a violent traffic collision in South Los Angeles.The Los Angeles County medical examiner identified two men, 32-year-old Sergio Hill and 35-year-old Alvaro Castillo Jr., as dying on that date on a public street of blunt force injuries.Family members identified the two men through the crowd fundraising site GoFundMe as Sergio and Tito Castillo.
The crash also left Castillo’s daughter in critical condition.The fatal accident was reported Friday at 10:44 a.m.
in the 3300 block of West 78th Street in the Hyde Park neighborhood, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Police officials said at least three vehicles were involved in the accident including a Chevy truck, Toyota Camry and a black BMW SUV.According to police, the Toyota Camry was attempting to make a left turn from West 78th Street to Crenshaw Boulevard when it was broadsided by the driver of the black BMW.The department did not provide further details on the incident.The Los Angeles Fire Department said firefighters and paramedics responded to a report of a physical-rescue traffic collision involving multiple vehicles and four patients.Fire paramedics pronounced two people dead at the scene, and a third was transported by ambulance to a local hospital.A fourth person was evaluated at the scene, but their condition was unknown, according to fire officials.
The department did not provide ages of the victims.Ken Smith, who owns a mini-mart in the area, told KTLA News that the driver of the black BMW SUV was racing with a Tesla before the deadly crash occurred.Smith provided footage from his surveillance cameras that appeared to show the two vehicles speeding north on Crenshaw Boulevard before the collision.“I heard a ‘zoom’ go by and I cou...