Los Angeles, CA : Two person killed and one man seriously injured in car crash on Monday January 4 2016.
The driver of a souped-up Mustang that went out of control and killed two spectators during an illegal street race in Los Angeles has been sentenced to 12 years in state prison.
Forty-three-year-old Karen Balyan was sentenced Monday after pleading no contest last month to vehicular manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon. He also acknowledged fleeing the scene of the Feb. 26 crash in Chatsworth.
Authorities say seconds after the race began, Balyan's car slammed into a curb and hit three people.
Twenty-six-year-old Eric Siguenza and 50-year-old Wilson Thomas Wong were killed. A third man was seriously injured.
The other driver, Israel Valenzuela, was sentenced to one year in jail for vehicular manslaughter.
A third man, Henry Gevorgyan, also was sentenced to a year in jail for vehicular manslaughter.
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Los Angeles street racers sentenced in crash that killed 2 men; 1 driver gets 12 years