SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Authorities Wednesday identified a 27-year-old man who was killed when a vehicle that was disabled with no lights in lanes of the Valencia (5) Freeway in Santa Clarita was struck by another vehicle.
The crash was reported at 3:13 a.m. Monday on the southbound Valencia Freeway south of Highway 126 and Newhall Ranch Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash left one vehicle on its side and the victim, identified by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office as Miguel Guarchaj Rosario, in the freeway’s lanes, the CHP said.
Rosario was pronounced dead at the scene, said CHP Officer Patrick Kimball.
According to the coroner’s office, Rosario died of blunt trauma.
