On Monday, January 22, at 2:40 p.m., Ventura County Fire Department, AMR Paramedics, and California Highway Patrol were dispatched to a reported traffic collision on westbound SR-126 / Boosey Road, Ventura County. Arriving fire personnel reported several vehicles involved with major damage; two patients trapped needing extrication. Firefighters were able to extricate the two patients and they were transferred to a local hospital by ambulance. A third patient was pronounced dead on-scene. CHP reported the deceased driver as a 23-year-old Santa Paula woman driving a 2008 Mercury SUV eastbound, when she side swiped a westbound 2002 Honda Civic, crashing into a 2022 Honda Civic. The transported female patients were 19-year-old and 42-year-old Fillmore residents; a female 30-year-old Santa Paula passenger suffered minor injuries. Westbound traffic lanes were shut down causing traffic to back up from Toland Road. Officers remained at the scene until 5pm. Cause of the crash is under investigation by Ventura-CHP. Photo credit Angel Esquivel-AE News.