BUENA PARK – One adult and a toddler were killed and three others injured in a crash on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Buena Park Saturday evening.
The crash was first reported to the California Highway Patrol at 7:11 p.m. Saturday on the northbound 5 Freeway just north of Magnolia Avenue.
Witnesses told the CHP a white SUV was being driven recklessly before the collision with a dark-colored SUV, which caused both vehicles to roll over and caused the white SUV to go over a guardrail.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene and four trauma patients were taken by ambulance to hospitals, according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Sean Doran.
Caltrans closed all lanes but the HOV lane on the northbound Santa Ana Freeway and traffic was diverted onto the westbound Riverside (91) Freeway and the Magnolia Avenue off-ramp.
