AUTOS COLLIDE, KILLING 4 PEOPLE.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Four people were killed Thursday and two were injured in a high-speed, two-car crash that threw three teen-agers onto Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road, authorities said. The car with the teen-agers apparently crossed into oncoming lanes near Sand Canyon Road, hit the other vehicle head-on about 8:10 p.m., and flipped, said Deputy Tom McGee of the Santa Clarita sheriff's station. The identities of the victims and survivors were not immediately available. ``It's a very tragic accident when you have four fatalities especially when three of them are teens just starting out,'' said Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La Capt. Steve Valenzuela. The two injured teen-agers were taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia, authorities said. One mangled car, a light-color 1997 Acura, came to rest on its roof; the other, a dark-color 1987 Ford Mustang For other Ford Mustang models and concepts, see . The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] , landed upright about 100 yards down the road. Sheriff's deputies were investigating the collision. California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers were called in to divert traffic around the scene. |
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