Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Driver Sought In Deadly El Monte Racing Wreck

(CBS) EL MONTE, Calif. A mother and her two children were burned to death when the vehicle they were in was hit by two cars racing in El Monte Monday, authorities said.

The collision occurred just before 6 p.m. at Parkway Drive and Elliott Avenue, said Capt. Mike Brown of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

More than three hours after the collision, firefighters still had not been able to get the victims' bodies out of the vehicle.

A red Mustang and a light brown Acura Legend were racing north on Parkway when a driver in a gray Nissan Altima pulled out of a trailer park on Elliott and was broadsided," El Monte police Detective Ralph Batres said.

"We know who the driver of the Mustang was," Batres said. "The driver of the second vehicle fled."

No arrests have been made. The investigation continued Monday night,

Batres said.

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SOURCE: CBS2.COM

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