Woman, 86, Hospitalized After Crash
A Ventura woman was in critical condition Monday night after the car she was riding in was struck broadside by another vehicle, according to Ventura police.
Sarah Schwartz, 86, was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Ralph, 83. As Ralph Schwartz tried to make a left turn from northbound Harbor Boulevard onto Seaward Avenue about 4:30 p.m., a car driven by 25-year-old Miguel Vasquez struck the couple’s car.
Ralph Schwartz was not injured, police said. Paramedics took Sarah Schwartz to Community Memorial Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition.
Vasquez and his passenger, 19-year-old Daniel Holmes, both of Ventura, were treated for minor injuries and released. Police said Vasquez appeared to have been drinking, but he was neither cited nor arrested.
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