FROM NBC Los Angeles

2013-09-14 — A speeding motorist was drunk when he smashed his 2001 Ford Mustang into guardrails at the western end of the Santa Monica (10) Freeway, but his two teenaged passengers escaped the fiery wreck, CHP officers said.

The crash happened at 1:35 a.m. in the McClure Tunnel, a transition road between the 10 Freeway and Pacific Coast Highway, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Investigators believe the Mustang struck the metal guardrail on the north side of the freeway, went up an embankment and struck a concrete wall. The Mustang spun back onto the freeway, facing the wrong way, blocking both lanes and catching fire.

The driver remained trapped inside the car and died in the flames, the CHP said.

Two male passengers, aged 16 and 19, were able to scramble out as a 2008 Audi A4 and Jeep Cherokee crashed at the wreckage.

No one in the other cars was injured, but the 19-year-old ….MORE