Teen-Ager in Fatal Crash Identified
A teen-ager who died when his car plunged off the Ventura Freeway on the Conejo Grade has been identified as a Somis youth, authorities said Tuesday.
Omar Salik, 17, was killed Monday afternoon when he lost control of his sports car, which veered off the highway and fell 130 feet into a ravine, a California Highway Patrol spokeswoman said.
Although the car’s air bag deployed properly, Salik suffocated when the car was crushed, Senior Deputy Coroner Jim Wingate said.
Salik was a student at the Viewpoint School in Westlake. He was the son of Fahim Salik and Roshan Salik, an Oxnard pediatrician, authorities said.
An investigation was continuing, the CHP said.
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