Traffic Collision Kills Three Siblings

Los Angeles:  Detectives are investigating a fatal collision that claimed the lives of three sisters from Los Angeles and injured three others.

On February 3, 2012, at around 2:45 a.m., a 2004 Infiniti FX35 was travelling east on Florence Avenue from Dalton Avenue with six occupants.  The driver was driving at a high rate of speed and lost control of the car, running off the roadway and colliding with a tree.  Only one of the occupants was wearing a seatbelt. The driver and four passengers were ejected onto the roadway. 

All six occupants were transported to a local hospital with serious to critical injuries. Three sisters, 28-year-old Tyesha Germine Turner, 21-year-old Enisha Marie Davis and 19-year-old Jesjai Chanae Jones died at the hospital from the injuries.  Two other passengers, a 26-year-old female from Inglewood and a 32-year-old female from Los Angeles were treated for their injuries and later released.  The driver, a 29-year-old woman from Moreno Valley, is still hospitalized in critical condition, but may be facing criminal charges when her condition improves. Detectives are also waiting for completion of toxicology reports to determine what charges may be brought against the driver.

Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to call South Traffic Division, Detective Chuck Martin at -323-421-2500 or 323-421-2540. During non-business hours or weekends calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7.  Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.  Tipsters may also contact crimestoppers by texting the letters “LAPD” to the number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads).  Tipsters may also go to LAPDonline.org, click on “webtips”, and follow the prompts.

Comments

[Lucy]

On CBS2 I heard that the person driving the vehicle that CAUSED the crash had been sited in Jan for NOT having a LICENSE - but the car wasn't impounded, for what I can only guess as to why. My question is WHY on earth do we keep rewarding bad behavior. I KNOW IF I DIDN'T HAVE A LICENSE I WOULD HAVE LOST MY CAR! What I take away from this new prop is I need to STOP doing what's right and start doing only what I want. Oh yeah, rethinking this - it might not work as I am a concerned Citizen.

[BWop]

Yep. We need to keep sending these newspaper articles about the carnage in our streets produced by unlicensed drivers to Chief Beck and the Sanctuary City politicians at city hall. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE.

[bryan martin]

this would NOT have happened, had the procedures to remove vehicles from unlicensed drivers. the driver was discovered in January to be unlicensed and her car was NOT impounded. i hope the government quits rewarding the criminals, because if they don't, we'll all become criminals.

[Peace]

Let us not generalize and play the blame game but rather let us take a look at the facts. According to the LAPD "Detectives are also waiting for completion of toxicology reports to determine what charges may be brought against the driver."
Hence the issue here is that the person responsible was probably intoxicated and because of poor choices, this family has to suffer. It is an act of recklessness and irresponsibility from EVERYONE who drives at a high rate of speed and intoxicated REGARDLESS if you have a license or not.