Taisha Warie Welch is expected to be sentenced on May 10 and faces seven years in prison for the deaths of 30-year-old Jenetta Williams of Palmdale and 24-year-old Denesha Stewart of Lakewood, according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
The crash happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. on April 27, 2018, on Santa Monica Boulevard near Wilshire Boulevard, officials said.
Welch was driving a white BMW X5 at high rate of speed when the vehicle hit a curb and then slammed into a tree and flipped over, investigators told reporters at the scene. Six occupants were in the vehicle when it crashed. [View an image from the crash scene here.]
Williams and Stewart died at a hospital, and three other passengers were hurt, according to prosecutors.
Welch was arrested by Beverly Hills police the morning of the crash and subsequently released on bond a week later, according to jail records.
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