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Wow, this was a shock!

Ferrari crash involves alcohol, speed and a white Porsche, police say [UPDATED]
10:00 AM | March 11, 2009
A Newport Beach police officer at the scene of a fatal accident involving a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano in Newport Beach.
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A bizarre car crash in Newport Beach involving two luxury cars early this morning left one person dead, a second injured, a third arrested for gross vehicular manslaughter and a fourth person was detained by police.

An acquaintance of the victim identified him as Charles "Mask" Lewis, co-founder of the mixed-martial-arts apparel company TapouT, which also sponsors fighters. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Newport Beach Police Department officer who witnessed the wreck and saw a red Ferrari and a white Porsche "spinning out of control" on Jamboree Road between Bison Avenue and East Bluff Drive at 12:57 a.m., Newport Beach Lt. Craig Fox said. The Ferrari "hit the curb and then collided with a pole." The Porsche came to a stop at the scene for a few seconds and then sped away, Fox said.

"It was terrible. It was extensive damage to the vehicle," Fox said, adding that the Ferrari appeared to have split in half.

Lanowferraricrash12 A woman in the Ferrari was ejected during the accident and taken to a hospital, where she was in stable condition, Fox said. He said police have not determined which one was driving and which one was the passenger.

Police located the Porsche on Bison Avenue just west of Jamboree Road shortly afterward and saw a man and a woman walking away from the car.

"The vehicle had moderate damage and appeared to be consistent with the car involved in the accident on Jamboree," Fox said. "They determined that the male had been driving the Porsche, and he was arrested" for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, he said.

Police identified the driver of the Porsche as Jeffrey David Kirby, 51, of Costa Mesa, and said his bail was set at $1 million. Newport Beach resident Lynn Marie Nabozny, 32, was a passenger in the Porsche and was arrested for public intoxication. She was released about 7:45 a.m. and will not be formally charged, Fox said. He said the investigation is ongoing but that police identified skid marks at the scene "consistent with excessive speeding."

The speed limit on that stretch of road is 50 mph.

See raw video from the scene.

-- Ari B. Bloomekatz

Photo: A Newport Beach police officer at the scene of a fatal accident involving a Ferrari in Newport Beach. Credit: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

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Horrible loss....I met Mask....he was a great guy.....

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i was going to work driving on the opposite side of the street that the accident occured on the next morning and the car was in 3 pieces in diff spots of the street...i couldn't believe it until i came home and saw it on the news, so sad RIP.