Crime & Safety

One Killed In Fatal North County I-5 Collision: CHP

A person was killed, another injured, on the northbound I-5 freeway Tuesday night, CHP said

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA — One person was killed and another was critically injured in a crash Tuesday evening on the northbound Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Orange.

The crash was reported at just after 9:15 p.m. near the Chapman Avenue off-ramp, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The person whom suffered fatal injuries died at the scene, the CHP reported. The identity of the person was not released.

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The other person was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Orange Fire Department Capt. Casey Fieldhouse told The Orange County Register.

City News Service contributed to this story.

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