A fatal car crash occurred on Friday at approximately 4:30pm on Balcom Canyon Road, one mile north of Bradley Road. Reports are a car carrying two occupants left the road, progressed about 300 feet down a steep canyon and started a brush fire. One occupant found near the vehicle was pronounced dead on the scene. The other occupant made it out of the vehicle and was transported to a local hospital by ambulance. CHP shut down Balcom Canyon between Bradley on the south and South Mountain Road on the north. The fire burned to about a quarter acre and was contained. Names of the victims have not been released.