Coroner’s Officials Identify 2 Who Died in Freeway Crashes

Two people killed in separate freeway accidents were identified Sunday as a North Hills teenager and a Santa Ana woman, Los Angeles coroner’s officials said.

An infant whose name was not released also died of injuries suffered in one of the accidents.

Laura Millette, 17, of North Hills, was killed in an accident about 6 p.m. Saturday on the southbound San Diego Freeway, just south of the Devonshire Street offramp, said Michael Riddle, supervising investigator for the coroner’s office. The crash involved a semitrailer and at least two other vehicles.

In the other accident, Aida Valdez, 60, of Santa Ana, was fatally injured at about 7 p.m. Saturday when a semitrailer rear-ended the vehicle she was traveling in northbound on the Golden State Freeway near Gorman, Riddle said.

Martha Valdez, 26, who also was a passenger in the vehicle, was in fair condition Sunday at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, officials there said. Her infant daughter was pronounced dead Saturday night, officials said.