SUNSET BEACH, CA – The Orange County Coroner’s office has released the identities of two victims killed following a suspected DUI crash in Sunset Beach Wednesday.
According to Huntington Beach Police, Erik Kinser was traveling north on the Pacific Coast Highway when his vehicle veered into the southbound lanes and crashed into a 1999 Toyota Solara and a 2012 Lexus RX350.
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The driver in the Lexus, 71-year-old Cindi Darrelyn Zerovs, was pronounced dead at the scene. The man in the Toyota, 19-year-old Mitchell Tyler Wade was transported to UC Irvine Medical Center where he died a short time later.
A 45-year-old female passenger in the Lexus was also hospitalized for treatment of moderate injuries.
Kinser was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence.
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