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Twenty-three-year-old Sergio Marroquian of Los Angeles was killed and two other people were injured early Thursday morning in street racing associated crashes in Costa Mesa and Anaheim.

Police believe both street racing incidents are connected.

A single-vehicle crash believed to be linked to a street takeover in Costa Mesa left Sergio Marroquian dead and a passenger hospitalized. The hospitalized victim’s condition is currently unknown.

The family Sergio Marroquian told reporters that Marroquian’s cousin was the driver of the vehicle.

Police say the fatal street racing crash, in which the vehicle flipped on its side, happened around 2:30 a.m. after up to 100 vehicles began taking over the intersection of Sunflower and Hyland avenues.

Officials say the driver remained at the scene and was later arrested for homicide following a blood-alcohol test.

Police say street takeovers have been plaguing the Costa Mesa area over the past month. Participants have allegedly been throwing rocks and bottles at officers, as well as kicking patrol vehicles.

There is also an Orange County task force to combat street takeovers.

“Our investigators and our police department will aggressively seek out anybody that participated in this and we will seek prosecution for this,” said Costa Mesa police Sgt. Zack Hoferitza. “A young man lost his life because of it. It looks like fun but it is not fun.”

Cellphone video appears to show a suspect performing donuts at an Anaheim shopping center just before the vehicle drifted into a woman who was standing nearby. The car’s rear end clipped the victim, flipping her into the air before she landed on the pavement.

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