Southern California rapper tweets YOLO, then dies in a suspected drunk-driving crash, reports say

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(CBS News) Erwin McKiness, an aspiring Southern California rapper also known as Jew'elz and Inkyy, died in a  suspected drunk-driving crash after reportedly tweeting the phrase "YOLO" - "You Only Live Once" - a phrase popularized by rapper Drake's song "The Motto."

"Drunk af going 120 difting corners #F**kItYOLO," tweeted the 21-year-old McKiness just before he and his friends died in a car accident on Sept. 2 in Ontario, Calif., reports the San Bernardino Sun.

McKinness was accompanied in the car by Marquell Bogan, 23, and Dylan George, 20, Jonathan Watson, 21, and JaJuan Bennett, 23. Bogan died at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana, Calif. The others were pronounced dead at the scene.

While McKiness' tweet makes it sound as if he was behind the wheel, police said it was Watson who was driving, reports the paper.

According to police, the driver lost control of the 2005 Nissan Sentra after running a red light and slammed into a wall.

The police are still investigating the incident, but officers told the paper that there was a high likelihood alcohol was involved, based on the statements made before the crash.

The police were referring to the final tweet by @ink2flashyy, sent out at 1:20 a.m.

It read "Driving tweeting sipping the cup (expletive) yolo I'm turning it up."

[fantomas4]

Hahahaha, this was happy news for me this morning. Thanks CBS!

[rugratz2222]

since the family is going to say "what a good boy he was" ... are they going to sue the car mfg because it doesn't drift well when the driver is drunk? Or how about the makers of the block wall for stopping the car? should have bounced? gene pool just got some clorine ... removes the bad color.

[IAMCS]

Glad no innocent people were killed.

[kroguej]

There designs in the works that passively detect alcohol on the driver and prevent the car from operating, sounds like a good idea to me. I know its the drivers fault, but there are always going to be a group of irresponsible drivers on our roads.

[augustus66]

Stupid Fu#ks,.... Good thing they didn't take anyone else (except them in the car) down with them..

[Cyclepsycho]

The only way a Nissan Sentra could do 120 if you pushed it out of a C130 at 30,000 feet.

[signseeker1717]

Well, if he was drunk, maybe he misread speedometer. Not sure it matters.

[earthmom56]

especially with four guys inside!

[ttipbc]

Natural selection at its finest!

[workerdroid]

Hey, here's a plan: Get drunk, drive, and text while driving. Result: Predictable. Gene pool thinned.
Next?

[marinefire1]

......the guy who tweeted was not driving.

[amurguz]

Left under the heading of "die young and leave a good looking corpse." Fahren vie die Deutschen, ernst!!! Which, for all you American's means - "Drive like the German's, seriously!"

[Rodeo_Joe]

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