Salma Hayek's younger brother in crash that killed male passenger, 43, as $165,000 sports car collided with truck on Sunset Boulevard

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• Sami Hayek lost control of the vehicle, crossed into oncoming traffic and collided head on with a pickup truck
• A 43-year-old Mexican man riding with Hayek died at the scene
• Hayek was hospitalized for several broken ribs and facial lacerations
• The driver of the pickup truck was also hospitalized for a broken foot
• The accident is still under investigation
• Hayek is married to jewelry designer Daniela Villegas

The younger brother of actress Salma Hayek was involved in a fatal car crash in Los Angeles Sunday.

Sami Hayek, 40, was driving a 2006 Ford GT sports car eastbound on Sunset Boulevard around 4:50pm when he lost control of the vehicle, crossed into the westbound lanes and hit a 2011 Toyota Tacoma pickup, police said.

Hayek's unidentified male passenger died at the scene while Hayek was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical center for several broken ribs and facial lacerations.

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Behind the wheel: Actress Salma Hayek's younger brother Sami (left) was involved in a fatal car crash Sunday in Los Angeles

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Expensive taste: The sports car Hayek was driving is worth an estimated $165,000

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Fatality: Hayek's passenger has not yet been identified but is being described as a 43-year-old Mexican national

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Authorities were still trying to contact the victim's next of kin Monday afternoon, and will not release his name until then.

He was described as a 43-year-old resident of Mexico.

The driver of the pickup, 20-year-old Alvin Javier Gomez, was also taken to the hospital for a broken foot and body pain.

Authorities still don't know what caused Hayek to cross over the yellow line. The investigation is on-going.
Sami and older sister Salma were born to parents Diana Jimenez Medina, an opera singer and talent scout, and Sami Hayek Dominguez, a businessman who once ran for mayor of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico.

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The whole family: Sami Hayek is pictured with his wife (left), sister Salma (second right), her daughter Valetina and their father Sami Sr (right) at a film premiere in October 2011

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Wrong way: Sami, pictured with Salma and their father Sami Sr, was driving a sports car on Sunset Boulevard when he lost control and crossed into oncoming traffic

Hayek currently runs his own design studio in Los Angeles, but originally started off studying business administration at Pepperdine.
While studying abroad at the University's Florence campus one year, he had a sudden change of heart.
'I stood up, turned my test in, walked to a phone booth woke my dad up and said, I'm out,' Hayek told People.
He told his father he was going to be a painter, sculptor or architect, to which is father responded: 'Your head is not right.'
But his jump into the creative field paid off, and he has since designed furniture for the likes of Brad Pitt.
He is married to jewelry-designer Daniela Villegas and the two live in a home in the Hollywood Hills