The senior of the high school beat and killed by an alleged drunk driver with a suspended driver's license in Manhattan Beach

A high school senior was identified as the Victim of a fatal crash in Manhattan Beach Over the weekend and the police say that the driver was supposedly drunk.

The 18-year-old Braun Levi went the 100 block of the Sepulveda Boulevard with a friend around 12:45 p.m. on Sunday morning around 12:45 p.m. when he was driven by a car that was driven by 33-year-old woman Jenia Gürtel in Los Angeles.

Levi was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was later declared dead. It was identified by the Loyola High School Administrators late Sunday.

“With profound sadness, we will inform you about the death of Braun Levi, class from 2025, who lost his life in a vehicle accident last night,” says a statement by the LHS director Jamal K. Adams. “Braun was a bright presence in our Loyola family and brought everyone he touched, light, joy and inspiration.”

He should graduate from LHS in just two weeks, they said.

An Instagram post from the school's sports department said that he was a team captain and a four-year-old starter for her tennis team and “captured himself as one of the experienced student athletes in the program history”.

Family and friends gathered on Sunday evening to honor Braun with a vigil, where dozens of flowers and photos adorned a corner of the intersection, where the fatal crash took place.

The river of the mourners continued all day over Monday. They left photos and handwritten notes with memory messages for your colleague.

“They are all just with a broken heart,” said a woman in the monument. “He was a light, such a friendly, clever, nice, nice child. Her hearts are broken.”

CBS News Los Angeles learned that Levi's family had recently moved to the area after losing their home in the Palisades fire. This did not prevent him from using his positive prospects to help people around him.

“He was instrumental in building peer-to-peer advice for other young people who lost their houses,” said headmistress Adams. “And then it was significantly involved in some of our administrators to put together a retreat overnight.”

Belt was arrested under the impact on suspicion of driving, and on Monday the California Ministry of Motor Vehicles confirmed that it has been driving with a license since January 2024.

La County Court recordings show that it was charged with property damage in 2023 due to hits and running, drove with a blood alcohol level of 0.08 or higher and either drove with a blood alcohol content of 0.15 or refused to carry out a chemical test.

Anyone who has further information is asked to contact MBPD under (310) 802-5098.