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LOS ANGELES - A deadly single-vehicle crash in Boyle Heights led to an hours-long police standoff that ended with the suspected driver's surrender Sunday night, leaving one person dead and four others injured.

The crash occurred when a pickup truck flipped onto its side and crashed into parked cars Sunday evening near Breed and 1st Street. One passenger was killed, and four others were seriously injured, according to police. Three of the injured were riding in the bed of the truck. All five individuals involved were described as young adults.

Witness Aaliyah Ortega, who recorded video at the scene, described the chaos: "The ladies were ejected from the vehicle. The two people from the front were piled on top of each other."

Ortega noted nitrous oxide cans and balloons scatt

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