Police Stunned After Car Runs Down 5

S A N T A  B A R B A R A, Calif., Feb. 25 -- Authorities are still shaken by the "horrific" scene — piles of twisted metal, shredded clothing andblood.

"I had never seen that kind of carnage on a residential streetin my 28-year career," said Santa Barbara County Fire DepartmentCapt. Charlie Johnson. "It looked like a war zone."

California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Muell called it "one ofthe most horrific scenes" he'd seen in 10 years.

It was late Friday night when David Edward Attias, an18-year-old University of California, Santa Barbara student, drovea black Saab down a street in the small community of Isla Vista andstruck five people, killing four.

The fifth person suffered serious injuries.

Attias, of Santa Monica, was being held Saturday without bailfor the investigation of vehicular manslaughter and felony drunkendriving. His blood-alcohol test results were not immediately madeavailable.

Victims Were Students

Authorities have identified three of the victims as NicholasShaw Bourdakis and Christopher Edward Divis, both 20 years old andUCSB students who lived in Isla Vista and Ruth Levy, 20, who wasattending Santa Barbara City College.

Levy's older brother, 27-year-old Albert Arthur Levy of SanFrancisco, was taken to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and remainsin critical condition. Muell said the man underwent emergencysurgery and was placed in the intensive care unit.

The name of a 27-year-old man from San Francisco who also diedhas yet to be released, pending notification of their families.

Authorities said Attias was going at least twice the 25 mphspeed limit in the residential neighborhood where a steady streamof foot traffic spills off the sidewalk and into the street.

He hit nine parked cars before his car stopped after sustainingmajor damage.

Attias suffered only minor cuts and scratches. Dozens ofbystanders surrounded the man and tried to subdue him untilauthorities arrived

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