Crime & Safety

Driver ID'd in Fatal Rancho Palos Verdes Rollover Crash

A man killed Friday in a single-vehicle crash is identified as Rancho Palos Verdes resident Swarndeep Banipal.

A man killed after being thrown from his car in a Friday in Rancho Palos Verdes has been identified as Swarndeep Banipal.

The 35-year-old Rancho Palos Verdes resident was ejected from his 2010 Range Rover after it hit the road's center divider and then the guardrail while heading west on Palos Verdes Drive West, Sgt. Dave Rozas of the told Patch on Friday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Banipal's passenger, a man in his 20s, was also thrown from the car and taken to County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in critical condition.

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The crash was reported shortly after midnight Friday near the .

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—City News Service contributed to this report.


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