Crime & Safety
Wrong-Way Driver Killed in Head-On Crash with Asphalt Truck in Glendora
The Acura driver, who was in his 20s, had to be extricated from the car and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Updated at 9:15 p.m. May 18, 2016
GLENDORA, CA - A wrong-way motorist was killed Wednesday when his car slammed head-on into an oncoming truck hauling asphalt in Glendora, police said.
The man was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of Sunflower Avenue when his Acura Integra collided with the truck just south of Juanita Avenue about 8:20 a.m., according to Glendora police Lt. Matt Williams.
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The Acura driver -- identified by the coroner's office as 19-year-old Anthony Avila III of San Dimas, was pronounced dead at the scene, Williams said.
He was trapped in the wreckage, according the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
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The driver of the truck, which ended up on its side and spilled asphalt into northbound lanes on Sunflower, was uninjured and cooperated with investigators, Williams said.
Intoxication was not suspected on either driver's part, according to Williams.
The intersection and streets leading to it were closed as police investigated the crash and crews cleaned up the asphalt and removed the wreckage.
--City News Service, photo via Shutterstock
