{"id":68,"date":"2012-09-24T18:38:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T18:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/losangelesaccidentattorneys.net\/?p=68"},"modified":"2013-07-11T21:55:10","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T21:55:10","slug":"los-angeles-car-crash-kills-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losangelesaccidentattorneys.net\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Car Crash Kills 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/extras.mnginteractive.com\/live\/media\/site200\/2012\/0911\/20120911_101508_do12%20studio%20city%20crash%20memorial%202_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" \/>A Studio City fiery car crash claimed the lives of\u00a0Pasha Voldokovich, Jason\u00a0Shmelnik and\u00a0Ekatrina Botvinieva.<\/p>\n<p>The auto accident in Los Angeles County\u00a0occurred\u00a0in the\u00a0early\u00a0hours of Sept. 9th off Ventura Boulevard just west of Tejunga Ave.<\/p>\n<p>The three were said to be celebrating\u00a0a birthday celebration at a nearby restaurant and bar. Ekatrina Botvinieva had flown in from New York specifically for the\u00a0occasion.<\/p>\n<p>At around 3:30 a.m, the group decided to move the party over to the drivers home nearby when the accident occurred. The 25 year-old\u00a0Voldokovich was reportedly driving up to 100 mph as he crashed into several parking meters, trees, and ultimately a pizzeria where flames quickly engulfed the vehicle and restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Friends and witnesses say \u00a0the driver\u00a0had consumed alcohol that night, but the investigation is still pending as to whether this played a role in the accident.<\/p>\n<p>Jason\u00a0Shmelnik will be remembered by family and friends for his love of dancing and a 2007 appearance on <em>Dancing With the Stars.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Studio City fiery car crash claimed the lives of\u00a0Pasha Voldokovich, Jason\u00a0Shmelnik and\u00a0Ekatrina Botvinieva. The auto accident in Los Angeles County\u00a0occurred\u00a0in the\u00a0early\u00a0hours of Sept. 9th off Ventura Boulevard just west of Tejunga Ave. The three were said to be celebrating\u00a0a birthday celebration at a nearby restaurant and bar. Ekatrina Botvinieva had flown in from New [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accidents","category-auto-accidents","category-car-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losangelesaccidentattorneys.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losangelesaccidentattorneys.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losangelesaccidentattorneys.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangelesaccidentattorneys.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangelesaccidentattorneys.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/losangelesaccidentattorneys.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"https:\/\/losangelesaccidentattorneys.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losangelesaccidentattorneys.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangelesaccidentattorneys.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangelesaccidentattorneys.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}