Head-on crash on 23 Freeway in Ventura County leaves 2 dead, 3 hospitalized with major injuries
Two people were killed and three others were hospitalized with major injuries after a two-car crash on the 23 Freeway in Moorpark on Saturday afternoon.
It happened at around 2:05 p.m. on northbound lanes of SR-23 near Los Angeles Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Ventura County Fire Department paramedics pronounced two people dead at the scene. Three others were taken to a nearby hospital with major injuries. Neither of the deceased victims has yet been identified.
CHP investigators told CBS LA that the crash happened when a 2007 Chevy Silverado 1500 was traveling southbound and used the center median to pass other traffic at a high rate of speed. The driver lost control of the truck, which then went up an embankment and over the center median guardrail before landing in northbound lanes, where it collided head-on with a 2013 Lexus ES350.
Officers said that the passenger, a 22-year-old woman from Los Angeles, of the truck and the driver of the Lexus, a 42-year-old Granada Hills woman, were killed in the crash.
No arrests have been made as the investigation continues, police noted. They said that a field sobriety test was conducted on the driver of the truck and that it appears impairment is not a factor in the collision.
SkyCal flew over the spot of the crash, where multiple lanes of the freeway remained closed hours after the incident first happened. One lane was open for traffic as officers continued to survey the area.
