Man arrested, booked with felony DUI in fatal crash

By RICARDO TORRES and CHRIS KUDIALIS LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

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Seong Mo Lee, the 22-year-old man wanted in a fatal crash that killed two women early Thursday, has been arrested and booked for felony DUI resulting in death. (Courtesy Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

The two vehicles who were involved in a fatal accident are seen at the accident scene on Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Russell Road and Boulder Highway. Two women who were in a black Nissan four-door vehicle were hit and killed by a white Mercedes Benz that was traveling at an ҥxtremely high rate of speed,ӠMetro Lt. Robert Smith said.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A Metro police officer investigates the crash at Boulder Highway and Russell Road where two women were killed Thursday, March 5, 2015. The women in a black Nissan four-door vehicle were hit by a white Mercedes Benz that was traveling at an extremely high rate of speed, Metro Lt. Robert Smith said. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Two women were killed in a two-vehicle crash at Boulder Highway and Russell Road early Thursday morning, March 5, 2015. The driver of the second vehicle was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Police investigate the scene where two women were killed in a two-vehicle crash at Boulder Highway and Russell Road early Thursday morning, March 5, 2015. The driver of the second vehicle was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A family friend of one of the women killed in a two-vehicle crash at Boulder Highway and Russell Road waits at the scene early Thursday morning, March 5, 2015. The driver of the second vehicle was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Metro Police investigate the accident where two women were killed Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Russell Road and Boulder Highway. The women who were in a black Nissan four-door vehicle were hit by a white Mercedes Benz that was traveling at an ҥxtremely high rate of speed,ӠMetro Lt. Robert Smith said.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The mother of one of the victims who died in a fatal car accident, left, reacts near the accident scene where two women were killed Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Russell Road and Boulder Highway. The women who were in a black Nissan four-door vehicle were hit by a white Mercedes Benz that was traveling at an ҥxtremely high rate of speed,ӠMetro Lt. Robert Smith said.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The father of one of the victims who died in a fatal car accident, right, watches as Merto Police investigate the accident where two women were killed Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Russell Road and Boulder Highway. The women who were in a black Nissan four-door vehicle were hit by a white Mercedes Benz that was traveling at an ҥxtremely high rate of speed,ӠMetro Lt. Robert Smith said.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The mother of one of the victims who died in a fatal car accident, left, comforted by a family friend near the accident scene where two women were killed Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Russell Road and Boulder Highway. The women who were in a black Nissan four-door vehicle were hit by a white Mercedes Benz that was traveling at an ҥxtremely high rate of speed,ӠMetro Lt. Robert Smith said.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Family members including the mother, second right, of one of the victimes who died in a fatal car accident, gather near the accident scene where two women were killed Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Russell Road and Boulder Highway. The women who were in a black Nissan four-door vehicle were hit by a white Mercedes Benz that was traveling at an ҥxtremely high rate of speed,ӠMetro Lt. Robert Smith said.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A family friend weeps near the accident scene where two women were killed Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Russell Road and Boulder Highway. The women who were in a black Nissan four-door vehicle were hit by a white Mercedes Benz that was traveling at an ҥxtremely high rate of speed,ӠMetro Lt. Robert Smith said.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Two women were killed and a man was jailed Thursday following a car crash in the southeast valley.

About 1:33 a.m., police said, a 2014 Mercedes Benz E350 collided with a 2014 Nissan Versa at the intersection of Boulder Highway and Russell Road. The Mercedes was southbound on Boulder Highway at an “extremely high rate of speed” and the Versa was doing a U-turn.

The Mercedes struck the right side of the Versa, which rolled onto its roof, according to a Metro release.

The women were trapped after the crash and the fire department tried getting them out until it became “obviously apparent that they had not survived,” Metro Lt. Robert Smith said.

The Clark County coroner’s office will identify the women.

Police arrested Seong Mo Lee, 22, whom they said was driving the Mercedes. He was booked on one count of felony DUI resulting in death.

Most of the intersection of Boulder Highway and Russell Road reopened 10 hours after the crash. The collision remains under investigation by the LVMPD Accident Investigations Section.

These were the 17th and 18th traffic-related fatalities in Metro’s jurisdiction in 2015.

Contact Ricardo Torres at rtorres@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0381. Find him on Twitter: @rickytwrites. Contact Chris Kudialis at ckudialis@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0283. Find him on Twitter: @kudialisrj.