Was This Even Worth It?

Two teenage girls died Tuesday when the taxicab they were riding in crashed after one of the teens slashed the driver's face, police said. The 50-year-old driver was taken to a hospital and released after being treated for minor injuries, including cuts to his neck and face, Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman April Harding said. His name was not immediately released. The two 17-year-old girls flagged down the cab about 12:30 a.m. in the eastern Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights and asked to be taken to the nearby Ramona Gardens public housing complex, 1 mile away, police said. The girls were Alexous Ann Sandoval and Daisy Orozco, both Los Angeles residents, Craig Harvey of the coroner's office said. When the cab pulled up to the complex, one girl said her boyfriend would come down to pay their fare. Instead, he approached the cab with a gun, Harding said. The cabdriver apparently sped away with the women still in the back seat.