Crime & Safety
Driver Killed in Crash into Norwalk VFW Building ID'd as Martin Castro Jr.
Castro was pronounced dead at the scene and his passenger was rescued and taken to a hospital in critical condition.
NORWALK, CA -- The driver killed when his car crashed into a Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Norwalk was publicly identified Monday.
He was Martin Castro Jr., 21, of Norwalk, according to coroner's Lt. Larry Dietz.
The single-vehicle crash was reported at 1 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Front Street and Funston Avenue, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Eric Arias said.
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Castro was pronounced dead at the scene and his passenger was rescued and taken to a hospital in critical condition, Arias said.
No one was in the VFW building at the time of the crash.
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Information about the extent of damage to the building was not available.
-- City News Service, photo via Shutterstock
