Crime & Safety

2 Killed, 1 Hurt In Porter Ranch Crash

The cause of the collision is under investigation.

PORTER RANCH, CA —Two men were killed and another person was injured in a late-night crash in Porter Ranch Tuesday.

A 58-year-old man and an approximately 50-year- old man died at the scene of the crash Tuesday at about 11:15 .m. in the 10700 block of Tampa Avenue south of Chatsworth Street, said Los Angeles fire Department spokesperson Margaret Stewart.

A man in his 20s was also injured on the crash. He was rushed to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Stewart said.

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According to police, the younger man was driving a BMW northbound on Tampa Avenue when he collide with a white Toyota turning left.

Neighbors heard the crash and rushed to aid the victims, but the two men were trapped in the Toyota.

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Firefighters used the jaws of life to rescue the men trapped n the wreckage, but it was too late.

The cause of the collision is under investigation.

City News Service contributed to this report.

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