A 19-year-old man died after he was rushed to an area trauma center from a solo vehicle crash in Lancaster and an 18-year- old woman was hospitalized with major injuries.
A 20-year-old Los Angeles woman driving a 2008 Honda rear-ended a 2019 Isuzu box truck, causing both vehicles to careen toward the center divider wall. The Isuzu entered the westbound lanes and was struck by a 2017 Honda driven by a Reseda woman who was hospitalized with major injuries.
The woman driving the 2008 Honda was taken to a hospital for treatment of moderate injuries, and Geraty said she was arrested after alcohol was determined to be a factor in the crash.
A 2016 Dodge, also in the westbound lanes, was struck by concrete debris caused by the destruction of the center divider wall and that driver escaped injury, the officer said.
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The crash occurred about 5:10 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of El Segundo and Aviation boulevards, according to California Highway Patrol Officer M. Fabela
A preliminary investigation suggested Byron Banks, of Long Beach, was driving a 2003 Honda southbound on Avalon Boulevard at an unsafe speed when the Honda crashed into the rear of a 2015 Toyota stopped for a traffic light at the intersection. Banks’ Honda then hit the right side of a 2004 Infiniti and continued through the intersection, drove over a raised median and struck another vehicle, Fabela said.
The Toyota was pushed forward by the impact of the crash and struck a 2004 Nissan in the intersection, then continued into a gas station parking lot where it struck an unoccupied vehicle, Fabela said.