Crime & Safety

1 Killed, 1 Injured In Traffic Crash On Freeway In OC

A person was killed and at least one other person was injured Saturday morning in a crash involving at least two vehicles in Santa Ana.

SANTA ANA, CA — A person was killed and at least one other person was injured Saturday morning in a crash involving at least two vehicles on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Santa Ana.

The crash occurred at 3:20 a.m. in the southbound freeway at 17th Street, the California Highway Patrol reported.

It involved a Honda Pilot and possibly a Mitsubishi, the CHP said.

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A representative from the coroner's office was called to the location at 4:39 a.m. and paramedics rushed at least one person to Orange County Global Medical Center.

All traffic lanes at the site of the crash were re-opened at 5:58 a.m.

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—City News Service