Car Collision Kills Youth, Injures 8 : Accident: Julio Garcia of Topanga was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses tell police he ran a red light.

A 17-year-old boy was killed and eight people were injured when two cars collided on a Reseda street early Sunday morning, Los Angeles police said.

The youth, identified by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office as Julio Garcia of Topanga, was pronounced dead at the scene. The injured victims were taken to area hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to serious, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Fire Department.

The accident occurred shortly before 1 a.m. at the intersection of Lindley Avenue and Sherman Way, police said.

Garcia was driving a 1989 Pontiac Grand Am eastbound on Sherman Way when it collided with a 1983 Mercedes 500 SEL that was traveling southbound on Lindley.

Witnesses said the 17-year-old ran a red light, police said.

The Grand Am, which carried five people, overturned, trapping one passenger inside.

Garcia “was ejected from the vehicle and was discovered beneath the vehicle and declared dead at the scene,” Humphrey said. He was not wearing a seat belt, police said.

About 20 firefighters, four rescue ambulances and a heavy utility unit were sent to the site of the accident, Humphrey said. Firefighters had to use the Jaws of Life to free the trapped passenger.

The driver of the Mercedes, Uzi Sacharia, 30, of Van Nuys, suffered facial abrasions. The three passengers in the Mercedes, Marcy Sacharia, 30, Sarit Lazprovits, 30 and Moshe Lazprovits, 29, all of Van Nuys, suffered minor injuries. All were taken to Valley Presbyterian Hospital, police said.

A passenger in the Grand Am, Cesar Escobar, 20, of Reseda, was taken to Northridge Hospital Medical Center with a possible pelvic fracture. Tony Cinnater, 21, of Encino suffered abrasions and back pain. Nicole Williams, 18, of Reseda and a 16-year-old, whose name was not released, were taken to Tarzana Regional Medical Center with minor injuries.

Police said the area around Sherman Way and Lindley is a frequent site of speeding and collisions.

“Vehicles traveling . . . on Sherman Way have historically been traveling between 45-60 miles an hour,” said Officer Clark Baker. “We’ve received lots and lots of speed complaints over the years from residents there.”

Traffic engineers with the Department of Transportation are planning to conduct a survey in the area that would demonstrate the danger caused by speeding and allow officers to use radar to enforce the speed limit of 35 m.p.h., Baker said.