---
title: "Marijuana Exec, Beauty Queen Dead After Fiery High-Speed Lamborghini Crash"
description: "Officials say the Lamborghini Aventador was traveling over 100 mph through city streets when it crashed."
date: "2017-11-10"
modified: "2019-07-02"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/15973/marijuana-exec-beauty-queen-dead-after-fiery-high-speed-lamborghini-crash"
categories:
  - "Lamborghini News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Aventador"
  - "California"
  - "Crash"
  - "Lamborghini"
  - "marijuana"
  - "Roadster"
  - "San Diego"
  - "Supercar"
  - "wreck"
---

# Marijuana Exec, Beauty Queen Dead After Fiery High-Speed Lamborghini Crash

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A Mexican beauty queen who was thrown from a high-speed Lamborghini crash in downtown San Diego that killed the driver—a wealthy [medical marijuana](<https://thefixfix.com/california-medicaid-centers/>) entrepreneur who was scheduled to be sentenced in a $10 million mortgage fraud case next month—has also died from her injuries, [according to *Fox 5 San Diego.*](<https://fox5sandiego.com/2017/11/08/beauty-queen-thrown-from-lamborghini-dies-days-later/>)

According to witnesses, 33-year-old Michael Llamas was driving the lime green 2016 [Lamborghini Aventador roadster](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/14138/new-lamborghini-aventador-s-roadster-unveiled-ahead-of-frankfurt-motor-show>) at incredibly high speeds through downtown San Diego early Sunday morning when he lost control of the car at over 100 mph and struck a decorative roadside anchor and palm tree. His passenger, 26-year-old Stephanie Rivera Camarena, was thrown from the flaming [wreck](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/15775/lamborghini-murcielago-driver-wrecks-it-street-racing-a-honda-civic-in-toronto>) and [severely injured](<https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/75231-tx-amy-witherite-47504.html>); Llamas was trapped in the driver's seat and reportedly burned to death.

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*Stephanie Rivera Camarena, *Facebook | Miss Baja California**

Camarena, a Mexican national and a former Miss Earth Baja California in 2015, was in a coma for several days before succumbing to her injuries and passing away on Wednesday. The international Miss Earth pageant seeks to highlight environmental and social issues, and director Joaquin Meza [told the *Los Angeles Times*](<https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-tj-model-crash-20171108-story.html>) that Camarena was a champion of several causes, including breast cancer. [A Facebook post](<https://www.facebook.com/MissBajaCaliforniaOrg/posts/1956703141319597>) on the Baja pageant's page called her "a queen in every sense of the word."

Michael Llamas rocketed to relative fame and fortune when he founded Medical Marijuana, Inc. in 2009, which bills itself as the first publicly-traded company to sell medicinal products derived from cannabis and [hemp oil](<https://www.remedyreview.com/about-cbd/>). Though the company still exists, Llamas was forced out as CEO in 2012 after he was indicted for his involvement in a $10 million mortgage fraud scheme. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud last August, and was scheduled to be sentenced on December 5. He faced up to six years in prison.

[Llamas' attorney Michael Pancer told *NBC 7*](<https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Driver-in-Fiery-Lamborghini-Crash-Was-Awaiting-Sentence-on-Fraud-Charges-455916193.html>) that his client "never appeared depressed or suicidal about his upcoming sentencing," and authorities still aren't sure whether drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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