Woman ejected from car after being hit by driver doing donuts in Long Beach intersection
A woman was killed in Long Beach late Friday night when she was ejected from a car that was hit by a driver doing donuts in a busy intersection.
According to Long Beach Police Department, the crash happened a little before 11 p.m., when an SUV performing donuts in the middle of the Willow Street and Caspian Avenue intersection collided with a pickup truck.
The collision caused the driver of the truck to lose control and slam into a tree in the center median of the road, ejecting the victim from the vehicle.
Long Beach Fire Department paramedics attempted to perform life-saving tactics on the victim, but she was pronounced dead at th scene.
On Sunday, the victim was identified as 21-year-old Long Beach resident Jacqueline Zamarripa.
Police say that the driver of the SUV fled from the scene before they arrived. Thus far, they only know that the SUV was light-colored silver or tan.
Later Saturday, the suspect, now identified as 20-year-old Carson man Saul Alfas, surrendered to police after walking into the Long Beach Police Department Headquarters.
Alfas was arrested and booked on felony vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run causing injury or death. His bail was set at $50,000.
After the case was presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, detectives made a second arrest in the incident — the driver of the pickup truck that Zamarripa was in.
Though 20-year-old Carson resident Noe Jose Menjivar remained at the scene to cooperate with the police investigation, he was arrested on Thursday and is being held on $50,000 bail. The decision comes on the heels of prosecutor's filing of felony charges of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence against both drivers in the collision, police said.
"Speed and distracted driving are believed to be a factor of this collision," said a statement from LBPD.
Anyone with further information on the incident was urged to contact detectives at (562) 570-7355.
