Laguna Hills Resident Killed in Crash

A 63-year-old motorist from Laguna Hills was killed in a two-vehicle crash near Ontario, the Riverside County Coroner’s Office said today.

The crash was on the northbound Ontario (15) Freeway, approaching the Pomona (60) Freeway interchange, at about 9:40 a.m. Friday, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office.

The crash involved a white van and a white pickup truck, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Paramedics rushed Ronald Stapleton to Riverside Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:33 a.m. Friday, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office.

City News Service

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