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Three killed in multivehicle crash that may have involved street racing

Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators collect evidence at the scene of a mutivehicle crash that left three people dead in Commerce early Saturday.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators collect evidence at the scene of a mutivehicle crash that left three people dead in Commerce early Saturday.

(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
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Three people were killed and two critically injured in a multivehicle collision in Commerce early Saturday that may have involved street racing, authorities said.

Three vehicles were involved in the crash that occurred about 1 a.m. on South Malt Street, said Lt. Robert Medrano of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Three people died at the scene, Medrano said. Two more were transported to USC-Medical Center, where they were listed in critical condition. All five were male.

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“There may have been street racing involved, but we don’t know yet” because the incident remains under investigation, Medrano said.

carlos.lozano@latimes.com

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