Santa Paula Man Killed in Street Sweeper Crash
A Santa Paula man died early Monday after the car he was driving slammed into the back of a street sweeper in Oxnard.
Julio Garcia Bracamontes, 21, was pronounced dead at St. John’s Regional Medical Center about four hours after the crash, which occurred shortly before midnight Sunday on Rose Avenue south of Wooley Road, said Cmdr. Lee Wilcox of the Oxnard Police Department.
The cause of the accident has not yet been determined, Wilcox said.
Venco Western Inc. owns the street sweeper. Driver Nicolas Lopez, 31, of Oxnard was not injured.
Wilcox said flashing yellow lights on the back of the sweeper could be easily seen at the time of the crash.
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