Driver pleads not guilty in deaths

By Tiffany Hsu

Jan. 8, 2008 12 AM PT

The driver of a BMW that crashed into two cars, killing the driver and passenger of one, pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.

Carlos Steven John, 21, of Granada Hills, appeared in Los Angeles County Superior Court with a cast on his right arm from injuries he sustained in the accident.

John was street racing with another BMW in Hollywood just after 4 a.m. Dec. 29, police said. He was driving about 60 mph when his BMW hit two cars trying to turn south onto Highland Avenue from Sunset Boulevard.

-- Tiffany Hsu

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Tiffany Hsu

Tiffany Hsu is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she wrote about the California economy, fast food, restaurants, retail and alternative energy for the Business section. A Bay Area native, UC Berkeley graduate and eternal Nor-Cal fan, she once worked for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also did a stint at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where she developed a passion for sweet tea. She still has faith that someday she’ll find two economists who agree.

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