High School Student Fatally Struck By Suspected Drunk Driver: Police

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — A motorist was arrested for suspicion of DUI and murder for allegedly striking and killing a high school student in Manhattan Beach early Sunday.

Officers dispatched about 12:50 a.m. Sunday to the 100 block of South Sepulveda Boulevard located a victim lying in the street next to a vehicle, according to Officer Chasen Gaunt of the Manhattan Beach Police Department.

Paramedics rushed the boy to a hospital, where he died, Gaunt said.

He was identified as 18-year-old Braun Levi, a student one month away from his high school graduation, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Jenia Belt, 33, of Los Angeles, was arrested on suspicion of DUI causing injury and murder, police said.

"Levi ... was a team captain and four-year varsity starter for Loyola Tennis and cemented himself as one of the most accomplished student- athletes in program history, having just won a fourth consecutive league championship on April 29th," the school posted to social media.

A prayer vigil in memory of Levi, a Loyola High School grad who was set to attend the University of Virginia in the fall, was organized by the school on Sunday, according to the media report.

Anyone with information regarding the fatal accident was urged to contact the police department at 310-802-5098.

— City News Service