2 killed in high-speed crash on Mulholland Highway

Two men were killed in a high-speed crash on Mulholland Highway in Calabasas over the weekend, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The driver, 45-year-old Omri Moalem, was heading south in a gray Porsche 2-door convertible near Dry Canyon Cold Creek Road before 7:30 p.m. on June 20 when he lost control, authorities said. The car crashed into a fire hydrant, an iron fence and a tree before coming to rest upside down.

“Preliminary investigation indicates that speed was a contributing factor in this collision,” LASD said.

LASD deputies and paramedics responded to the crash. Moalem and his passenger, 37-year-old Yanir Ruham were both pronounced dead at the scene. Both men died of blunt-force trauma, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner…

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