By Linda Prendez, On-line Forty-Niner May 6, 1997
A Cal State Long Beach student was driving his younger brother and sisters to school when he lost control of his vehicle and landed upside down, resulting in the death of two of his siblings Friday morning.
Saoroeun Srou, 19, clipped the front end of a Ford Explorer while attempting to change lanes.
The Explorer veered off and hit a tree. Srou's white Honda Accord spun out control, flipped into a utility pole, and was crushed when it turned over near the intersection of Clark and Carson in Long Beach.
Srou's 13-year-old brother, Saorin, and 11-year-old sister, Linda, were pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the victims were not wearing their seat belts.
The survivors, Srou and his 16-year-old sister, Sary, were wearing their seat belts.
Srou was pried from the smashed car with a Jaws of Life device. Sary crawled from beneath the car. Both were rushed to Memorial Medical Hospital.
The unidentified driver of the Explorer and her 12-year-old son were not injured.
Hospital spokeswomen Terry Starkman said Srou suffered a minor neck fracture. Sary, sustained bleeding beneath the skin. The two were released from the hospital on Sunday.
Witnesses told police that Srou was driving at unsafe speeds and making sporadic lane changes.
He was not arrested Friday but the district attorney's office is reviewing the case for possible charges of manslaughter.