A man identified as Isaac Hernandez Lazaro was killed and his 17-year-old female passenger was injured Saturday when the victim’s car slammed into a home in Tustin.
According to police, the fatal car crash happened at 2:24 a.m. in the 13000 block of Iroquois.
Responding officers found Lazaro and a teen inside the vehicle. Lazaro, 20, of Tustin was pronounced dead at the scene. According to police he was not wearing a seatbelt.
The 17-year-old girl, who happened to be wearing her seat belt, was taken to a hospital for treatment of her injuries.
According to Tustin police, the driver was going eastbound on San Juan Street at a high rate of speed. The car went through the intersection at Browning Avenue, crashed through a cinder block wall and then into the house. Investigators are looking at the possibility that drugs and/or alcohol may have played a role in the accident.
Accidents like these often leave victims with the right to pursue a claim. As one of the leading catastrophic personal injury law firms in California, Callahan & Blaine has obtained numerous record-breaking verdicts and settlements in cases like this, helping bring some small justice to the aggrieved family. If you or someone you know has suffered a catastrophic injury or died as the result of an accident, contact the best personal injury attorneys in Orange County for expert legal counsel. Contact Callahan & Blaine if you believe you have a right to seek justice at (888) 894-1703.
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