Man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter 3 years after head-on crash

Police say they arrested a 30-year-old Whittier man on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for his role in a wrong-way crash that killed a 26-year-old man in the Wrigley neighborhood exactly three years ago.

The crash happened shortly after 4:05 a.m. on Jan. 29, 2023, near the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and Hill Street, according to Long Beach police.

Police said Ivan Olarte-Torres, 31, was speeding and driving the wrong way in a 2021 Hyundai sedan when he collided head-on with a 1996 Toyota sedan on the southbound side of Magnolia Avenue, police said…

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