Two women killed during Compton street takeover
Two women were killed as a result of a street takeover in Compton Sunday evening.
The street takeover itself was underway at the intersection of Century Boulevard and Hoover Street at around 11:40 p.m. when a double fatal crash occurred.
According to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the crash happened at the intersection of Wilmington Avenue and Stockton Street.
As they continued to survey the incident, they were able to determine that the driver of one vehicle -- uninvolved in the street takeover -- was on his way home when he was overcome by the street takeover or a street race stemming from the event and collided head-on with another vehicle. He was behind the wheel of a silver Nissan that was struck by a red Honda.
The driver, Treyshawn Cooley, detailed that he wasn't even aware that a street takeover was going on until after the crash.
"I didn't even see the car, all I seen was red and then I hit the car," he said while speaking with reporters. "When I hit the car, I blacked out. I don't remember nothing after I hit the car."
He was not badly injured.
Based on surveillance footage from the area, investigators were able to learn that the driver of the Honda, blew through a red light before hitting the Nissan.
Both of the women were occupants of the Honda. The passenger, not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle upon impact.
The victims were identified by the Los Angeles County Coroner Monday as Jennyfer Flores, 18, from Long Beach and Michellie Gonzalez, 20, from Cudahy.
Investigators are still unsure if the Honda was involved in the street takeover prior to the collision.
"There's multiple tire marks in that intersection," said Detective Jaeton Wilson, with LASD. "I cannot tell you if they're fresh or not."
The ages and identities of the victims were withheld.
Los Angeles Police Department officers detailed that they heard up to 100 people were gathered at the takeover's location.
No arrests were made as a result of the street takeover.
It was one of two which occurred in the area last night as another large crowd had gathered miles away in South Los Angeles, where footage from the scene showed people hanging out of open doors and windows as vehicles performed doughnuts in a busy intersection.
