Driver was speeding, ran red light before fatal Pasadena crash that killed 3, police say

A man driving a Tesla sedan was going over 100 mph and ran a red light before the car crashed,A 17-year-old Pasadena girl, an 18-year-old Monrovia woman and a 20-year-old Pasadena man who were injured in the Saturday crash remained in the hospital on Monday, Pasadena police Lt. Anthony Russo said.The medical examiner’s office identified two of the people killed as Moheb Reda Samuel, 22, of Pasadena and Stefan Pfeiffer, 20, of Pasadena.

Samuel and Pfeiffer died of multiple blunt-force traumatic injuries, according to the medical examiner’s office. Samuel was driving the Tesla Model 3 sedan, Russo said. Pfeiffer sat in the back and the other man killed was the front passenger, he added. Of the six people in the car, he said three wore seatbelts – the driver, the front passenger and one of the passengers sitting in the back.

“We know they recently charged the vehicle at a Hastings Ranch charging station,” he said. They were on their way home, Russo said.The car was heading west on Foothill Boulevard and ran a red light on Sierra Madre Boulevard, he said. The driver failed to negotiate the curve and hit a curb on Foothill Boulevard, east of Vista Avenue, causing the car to go airborne. The Tesla struck a street light, a power pole, a building then another street light, the lieutenant said.

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