Woman Killed, 3 Injured in Freeway Crash

A woman was killed and three people injured Friday night when their car flipped several times on the Ventura Freeway, authorities said.

The crash occurred about 7:45 p.m. on the northbound lanes at Camarillo Springs Road, near the bottom of the grade on the Camarillo side, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The passenger who died, a woman believed to be in her 30s, died upon arrival at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. The woman suffered major head injuries and had to be extracted from the wreckage, authorities said.

“Any time you’re in a freeway accident involving that kind of speed things are going to be pretty tough,” Ventura County Fire Capt. Bob Myers said.

A man and a teenage boy and girl were taken to Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks. The man’s injuries were described as serious but Myers said the children were alert and talking when paramedics arrived at the scene.

The names of the victims were not immediately available but Myers said they may have been a family from Thousand Oaks.

According to a CHP dispatcher, the driver of the car, who may have been the man, lost control and struck the center divider. The car came to rest upside-down in the fast lane, according to the CHP.

Authorities were investigating whether speed was a factor or if another car may have been involved.

The crash forced the closure of the fast lane for more than an hour.