LOCAL : Canoga Park Man Killed in Crash

A 49-year-old Canoga Park man was killed when his car crashed into the side of a tractor-trailer rig that was stalled across Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Chatsworth, Los Angeles police said this morning.

Police said James Elgin was killed immediately when his Volkswagen struck the trailer part of the rig at Tulsa Street about 11:50 p.m. Monday.

Police said the tractor trailer was being driven north on Topanga Canyon Boulevard by William Hagen, 43, of West Hills, when the vehicle began having engine trouble. Hagen attempted to turn left on to Tulsa, but the engine stalled and the trailer was left across the southbound lanes of Topanga, police said.

Hagen put emergency reflectors in the southbound lanes and was attempting to restart the engine when Elgin’s southbound car struck the trailer, police said.