4 Killed, 3 Injured in Head-On Crash of Car and Wagon
Four people were killed and three others, including two children, were critically injured Sunday in Sylmar after a suspected drunk driver crashed into an oncoming vehicle, Los Angeles police said.
The accident occurred about 5 p.m. on a desolate stretch of San Fernando Road. A westbound Chevrolet sedan carrying three men collided head on with a Ford Falcon station wagon carrying a man, a woman and two boys, said Sgt. Bob Farkas of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Valley traffic division.
The identities and ages of the victims were not immediately available, but police speculated that the people in the station wagon were all members of one family.
The man and woman in the station wagon died at the scene.
One boy was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills where he was listed in critical condition. The second boy was flown by helicopter to Childrens Hospital in Los Angeles where he was listed in critical condition.
Two of the three passengers in the Chevrolet died at the scene. The driver, who police suspect was drunk, was taken to Holy Cross Hospital and listed in critical condition.
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