A possible hit-and-run crash in Anaheim that killed three men and sent two women to a hospital a week ago remains under investigation, with no arrests made so far, police said Wednesday.
Officers responded to Brookhurst Street and Orange Avenue at about 2:50 a.m. on May 4, where they found a white Mercedes-Benz sedan abandoned and a black Kia with three men inside, all of whom were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Sgt. Shane Carringer of the Anaheim Police Department.
Witnesses saw two women in their 20s get out of the Mercedes and get into another vehicle, Carringer said. The women later showed up at an area hospital, where one was treated for minor injuries and the other was more seriously hurt and required surgery, he said.
The Mercedes was going northbound on Brookhurst when it slammed into the Kia, which was exiting the parking lot of a hookah lounge, Carringer said. The Mercedes caught fire, but it was a small blaze that an officer on scene was able to extinguish, he said.
Police were working to determine who picked up the women and what relationship, if any, that driver had with the driver and passenger of the Mercedes.
Investigators want to question the motorist as a witness, as well as anyone else who may have seen the collision, Carringer said, noting that they were working to determine who was at fault in the collision and whether it was a hit-and-run.
Carringer told City News Service on Wednesday that police have not made any arrests and the case was still being investigated. He said earlier that traffic investigators “have their work cut out for them to figure out what happened and whether criminal charges are appropriate.”
The victims were identified as Jacob Rolon of La Mirada, 32, Richard Zuniga of Anaheim and Alexander Smiller of Los Angeles, 63, according to the Orange County coroner’s office.
Anyone with information about the accident was asked to call police at 714-765-1861.