20-Year-Old Woman Killed In Thermal Crash

THERMAL, CA — One person was killed in a two-vehicle traffic collision in Thermal, authorities said Thursday.

Fire crews responded at 8:50 p.m. Wednesday to the 67000 block of Harrison Street in Thermal to a report of a traffic collision, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.

Fire officials said that one of the vehicles sustained major damage.

A "patient perished at the scene prior to arrival of first responders," fire officials said in a statement. The victim was identified by the coroner as 20-year-old Thermal resident Karla Juarez-Florez.

Another person was taken to a trauma center and a third person involved refused care, according to a spokesperson with the fire department. The cause of the collision remained under investigation.