Garden Grove : One Dead, One Hurt in Chain-Reaction Crash
A 27-year-old man was killed and a teen-age boy was critically injured early Saturday in a three-car collision on the Garden Grove Freeway east of Euclid Street, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The chain-reaction collision began at about 1:45 a.m. when the teen-ager and another driver traveling west on the freeway both tried to move into the same lane of traffic, a CHP dispatcher said.
The car driven by the teen-ager, who authorities declined to identify, was then struck by a third car driven by Timothy Hugh Stires, who was tossed onto the pavement and died at the scene.
The teen-ager was taken to Fountain Valley Trauma Center and was reported in critical condition, the dispatcher said.
The driver of the third car, who also was not identified, was not injured.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
