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LONG BEACH, Calif. – A Long Beach <\/a>man is set to appear in court on Thursday to face murder charges after a suspected DUI crash claimed the life of a toddler and left two others injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Lamont Ivan Russell, 55, was driving a 2013 Chevrolet Captiva near Maine Avenue and Fourth Street around 11:30 a.m. Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n According to the Long Beach Police Department, Russell was attempting a turn when his vehicle reversed at a high rate of speed, jumped the curb, and slammed into three victims on a sidewalk.<\/p>\n PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Toddler killed, 2 others injured in suspected DUI crash in Long Beach<\/a><\/p>\n The victims included 20-month-old Myrah Hunter, who was rushed to the hospital by officers but later died.\u00a0<\/p>\n A 12-year-old girl and a 45-year-old woman were also struck and treated for injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n Russell remained at the scene and was arrested. He is currently held on $335,000 bail.\u00a0<\/p>\n The District Attorney\u2019s Office has filed several charges, including murder; gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated; driving under the influence of alcohol and a drug causing injury.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n “Speed, distraction and impaired driving appear to have contributed to this collision,” police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n The Long Beach Police Department is still seeking information from anyone who may have seen the moments leading up to the crash.<\/p>\n Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Dougherty at the LBPD Collision Investigation Detail at 562-570-7355. Those wishing to remain anonymous can submit tips through LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or visit lacrimestoppers.org.<\/a><\/p>\n The Source: This report is based on information provided by ompiled from official statements released by the Long Beach Police Department and the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n Long Beach<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Calif. – A Long Beach man is set to appear in court on Thursday to face…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1184,2042,131,133,132,137,100,1181],"class_list":["post-206158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-ca","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}