A 62-year-old Temecula man has been killed by a suspected drunk driver in a crash involving several vehicles in Riverside.
Riverside police said that Lamond Mansell died at the scene of the accident where a silver BMW driven by Anthony Lopez, 38, of Moreno Valley, crashed into the back of Mansell’s Nissan sedan. Police said that Lopez was speeding east on East Alessandro Boulevard when he approached stopped traffic and smashed into the rear of the Nissan sedan occupied by Mansell. The crash caused a chain reaction pileup that involved a total of seven vehicles.
The other drivers involved sustained minor or no injuries. One passenger was taken to a local hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries. Lopez was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI.
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