Driver arrested in fatal Monterey Park crash

The Medical Examiner's office Monday released the names of the remaining two people killed in a solo vehicle crash in Monterey Park , with the driver arrested for suspicion of drunken driving.

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They were 33-year-old Randy Guereca and 54-year-old Denise Guereca and both died from multiple traumatic injuries. Randy Guereca died in a driveway and Denise Guereca and 34-year-old Alexander Cota Jr. died in the vehicle, the Medical Examiner's office reported. Their cities of residence were not made public.

Officers from the Monterey Park Police Department responded to East Graves Avenue and Cecil Street at 12:34 a.m. Friday and found an SUV which had struck a tree, hit three vehicles and rolled over on its roof, according to reports from the scene.

The driver was located outside the vehicle, assisting her 7-year-old daughter out of the SUV, according to Sgt. Rudy Contreras of the Monterey Park Police Department. Both the mother and daughter were taken to Los Angeles General Medical Center with minor injuries, Contreras said.

NBC 4 reported that police said the driver was speeding prior to the crash.

Anyone who may have witnessed this collision was asked to call the Monterey Park Police Department at 626-307-1200.

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