Santa Ana : Freeway Crash Kills Driver, Injures Rider
A 22-year-old man was killed when he lost control of his car on the Santa Ana Freeway early Sunday, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Victorino Damian, a Santa Ana resident, was traveling “at a high rate of speed” at about 3 a.m. Sunday when, for unknown reasons, he lost control of the car and it overturned north of the Bristol Street off ramp, CHP dispatcher Stacia Lundquist said.
Damian, who was ejected from the car, was rushed to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, where he died a short time later, Lundquist said.
A passenger in the car, identified as 18-year-old Manuel Velasquez of Santa Ana, was treated for minor injuries at the same hospital, Lundquist said.
An investigation into the cause of the accident was continuing.
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