Automobile Racing Accidents Los Angeles

A Lomita man was killed when he lost control of his car on a Terminal Island raceway that reopened last year, police said Sunday. Newman Perry, 50, was cut from the wreckage of his car with the Jaws-of-Life rescue tool after it crashed on the Brotherhood Raceway drag strip and was ripped in two about 9:15 p.m. Saturday, officials said. The driver was taken to San Pedro Peninsula Hospital and was declared dead at 10:08 p.m., police said.

A Lomita man was killed when he lost control of his car on a Terminal Island raceway that reopened last year, police said Sunday. Newman Perry, 50, was cut from the wreckage of his car with the Jaws-of-Life rescue tool after it crashed on the Brotherhood Raceway drag strip and was ripped in two about 9:15 p.m. Saturday, officials said. The driver was taken to San Pedro Peninsula Hospital and was declared dead at 10:08 p.m., police said.