A high-speed car crash in Irvine claimed two lives on Sunday morning, including a person affiliated with a well-known Orange County car show that hosts thousands of vehicles in San Clemente each week, according to police and social media posts.
Irvine police said two people inside a 2019 McLaren were killed in an explosive crash after the vehicle struck a tree near Culver Drive and Deerfield Avenue at 12:18 a.m., according to a department news release.
The vehicle had been stopped at a red light at the intersection and took off at a “high rate of speed” when the light changed, according to police. The driver “lost control of the vehicle” and skipped over a curb before striking a tree, police said…