REST IN PEACE: Family identified the woman killed at a South LA street takeover on Christmas as 24-year-old Elyzza Guajaca. Police said she was killed after she was hit by a driver doing donuts. More on this story at the link in our bio. MORE:
The incident happened Sunday around 9 p.m. near the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and West Florence Avenue, according to theThe victim, identified by family as 24-year-old Elyzza Guajaca, was standing in the area when she was struck and killed by a car doing donuts in the middle of the intersection, police said. She was taken to a local hospital where she died from her injuries.
"My sister was an aunty to my beautiful girls who loved her so much," her brother Louie Guajaca wrote on a . "She was a beautiful sister who loved big. She was a daughter who always wanted to be with around and have family time. She was the rock to our family."Woman hit and killed during Hyde Park street takeover
A woman in her twenties was hit and killed while she was walking near a street takeover in Hyde Park. A driver was doing donuts when they lost control.Los Angeles International Airport . She fell in love with car culture after the first "Fast and Furious" movie came out, and loved events like the one she was at on Sunday.Anyone with any information about the accident was urged to contact Crime Stoppers at
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