5 County Residents Killed in Head-On Collision
Five Orange County residents were killed in Ventura County on Thursday morning when their car collided with a pickup truck on California 126, the Highway Patrol reported.
The CHP identified the victims, who were riding in a Hyundai, as: Magdaleno Correa, 27; Eva Vega Correa, 28, and Francisco Mejia, 34, all of Santa Ana; Saul De la Cueva 23, of Irvine and Fernando Correa, 20, of Costa Mesa. It was not known Thursday night if the victims were related.
They collided with a pickup driven by Thousand Oaks resident Frank Shoults, 43, who also died in the crash.
On Two-Lane Road
The accident occurred about 10:15 a.m. on the two-lane highway just east of Fish Hatchery Road in Fillmore, CHP Officer Steve Griffith said.
Shoults traveling east in a Dodge pickup and, for an unknown reason, swerved into the westbound lane, colliding head-on with the Hyundai, Griffith said.
Ventura County Fire Department Capt. Frank Horn said there were empty beer cans in the pickup and it appeared that the driver “had been drinking.”
The highway, which has no center divider and has been the scene of frequent accidents, was closed in both directions for nearly 4 hours.
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