LA HABRA – Four people died and two others were injured when a pickup truck slammed into a tree early Sunday.

The truck was found wrapped around the tree with the roof smashed down to the doors and beer cans strewn about, said Capt. Paul Schifando of La Habra Fire Station 193.

Just after 1 a.m., six people in their 20s were speeding northbound on Walnut Avenue in a black Chevrolet Colorado, Schifando said. The driver lost control and the truck went skiing on two wheels diagonally across Walnut before jumping the opposing curb and smacking into a three-story-tall tree.

Four people were pronounced dead at the scene – the driver, David Huizar Jr., 22, of La Habra; Jimmy Gonzales, 22, of Buena Park; Paul Romero, 25, of Fullerton; and Delora Bravo, 22, of La Habra; said Cindy Knapp, La Habra police spokeswoman.

Two women, Destiney Mendoza, 25, of La Habra, and Rochelle Romero, 21, of La Habra, were injured in the accident, Knapp said. The women were taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange for treatment, one by helicopter and the other by ambulance. Both women are in critical condition and remain in the hospital.

Neighbors, awakened by the crash, tried to get the victims out. Thomas Snider, 20, lives across the street from where the truck hit. He was getting ready for bed when he heard a “shallow boom.”

“I didn’t even think about it, man, I just ran out. I tried to get the people out,” Snider said.

Snider tried to get the passenger doors open. The driver’s side is the side that collided with the tree.

“The door handles just popped off,” Snider said.

A passenger, a female, was conscious and crying, according to another neighbor, Maria Castillo.

Three paramedics, two fire engines, one air ambulance, two ambulances, an information officer, a battalion chief and a multi-vehicle accident rescue truck responded to the scene, Schifando said.

Firefighters found the truck wrapped around the tree with the roof smashed down to the door level. Bud Light cans were found in the car, Schifando said.

The truck was so badly mangled that crews used two Jaws of Life to cut away the roof, piece by piece. Schifando said it took 20 minutes to rescue the first victim and another 10 minutes for the second victim.

Early reports indicate that only the driver was wearing a seatbelt, with three people sitting in the front bench seat and three people in the back, Schifando said. No one was ejected from the vehicle.

A tow truck was used to dislodge the truck from the tree. Now all that remains is a bark-stripped tree and a diagonal line of a black skidmark tracing the truck’s deadly path on Walnut, past the stop sign intersection at Las Lomas Drive and Walnut where the road dips.

Early information shows the truck was speeding before the accident, but the rate of speed has not yet been calculated, said La Habra Police Sgt. Jeff Baylos. Toxicology reports will determine if alcohol was a factor.