Image via WikipediaBy Randy Economywww.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
Monday, March 7, 2011
1 a.m.
LA MIRADA - A horrific two car crash has claimed the lives of two La Mirada men who died Saturday after their pickup truck collided with a compact car.
Jason Michael Hagen and Gregory Esparza Rocha, both 30, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash that took place at right around 1 a.m. on Santa Gertrudes Avenue at Lawnhill Drive.
According to both local media and law enforcement reports, the truck driven by Hagen at a "high rate of speed" when it collided with a compact car being driven by Salvador Fernandez, 31, also of La Mirada. The car struck a tree.
Fernandez was arrested and may have been "under the influence." He was taken to the Norwalk Sheriff's Station and later posted a $15,000 bail. He is due in court later this morning in a Downey court room. More details later.
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