|
Hwy 126 Traffic Accident Claims One Life
 By Gazette Staff Writers — Wednesday, March 1st, 2023
  On Friday, February 24, at 12:04pm, Ventura County Fire Dept., AMR Paramedics, and California Highway Patrol were dispatched to a two-vehicle accident on SR126 / Pyle Road, Fillmore. Arriving deputies found good Samaritans helping extricate one patient from a grey Durango SUV by breaking the windshield. Below, second vehicle involved was a black Honda Civic, with one female patient trapped. Firefighters used Jaws of Life to extract the unconscious driver from the Honda Civic, and crews began CPR. Firefighters pronounced the patient deceased on-scene. Westbound SR-126 was shut down until police cleared the scene before 3pm. All traffic was diverted onto Old Telegraph Road. According to the California Highway Patrol, “A 48-year-old woman from Valencia was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 126 west of Fillmore, Friday afternoon. “A 30-year-old Santa Paula woman had been driving eastbound on the highway in a 2014 Dodge Durango SUV when the vehicle spun out of control,” said Sgt. Michael Untalan of the CHP’s Ventura-area office. The Durango hit an oncoming 2017 Honda Civic driven by the Valencia woman, whose name was not released at the time pending notification of relatives. Untalan said the impact was similar to a T-bone accident, with the Durango hitting the front driver’s side of the Civic. The Civic came to rest in traffic lanes while the Durango ended up on its side on an embankment. Both drivers were trapped in their vehicles after the crash, authorities said. The driver of the Civic was pronounced dead at the scene. The Durango driver was taken to Ventura County Medical Center with major injuries but was expected to survive. Neither drugs nor alcohol were a factor, patrol investigators found. On Monday afternoon, the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the driver who died as Delia Price. Anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to call the Ventura CHP at 805- |
