Local News in Brief : Driver Held as Car Hits Bridge, Kills Passenger
A Los Angeles man who witnesses said was driving more than 100 m.p.h. was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of felony manslaughter and drunk driving after his car crashed into a bridge abutment, killing one of his passengers, Los Angeles police said.
Jaime Nuno, 21, was being held at Van Nuys Jail after the 3:20 a.m. accident on Sherman Way east of Laurel Canyon Boulevard in North Hollywood, Sgt. Ron Barnes said.
The victim, Sergio Ruelas, 26, of Pomona, was thrown from the front passenger seat. He was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, where he died two hours later from head injuries, Barnes said.
Witnesses told police that Nuno was speeding east on Sherman Way when his car ran off the road, hitting a Southern Pacific Railroad bridge abutment.
Nuno was uninjured and his brother, Javier, 19, a passenger in the back seat, suffered only minor injuries, police said.
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