Maritza Joana Lara, 27, of Van Nuys
Maritza Joana Lara, 27, of Van Nuys, was speeding north on Haskell Avenue when she ran a red light at Parthenia Street about 5:35 a.m. The 2016 Lexus IS 250 sedan she was driving slammed into the driver's side of a blue 2005 Nissan Murano SUV that simultaneously entered the intersection heading west, Los Angeles police Detective Lisette Fuentes said. The SUV's driver, 48-year-old North Hills resident Francisco Hernandez Rivas, died at the scene. He was a father of two teenagers, according to LAPD Capt. Andrew Neiman. "That's going to be a memory they will never forget every Father's Day," Neiman said. Fuentes said she believes Rivas was on his way to church when he was killed. Surveillance video of the crash released by LAPD Tuesday shows sparks fly as the white Lexus sedan plows into the Nissan, pushing it north onto Haskell and causing it to overturn. The SUV also hit a parked truck before coming to rest on the fence outside a home.