Crime & Safety

Encino Man Killed In Ventura Freeway Crash

BREAKING: The CHP said the victim's car veered out of control, went up an embankment and hit a tree.

BURBANK, CA – A 60-year-old Encino man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in the Ventura (134) Freeway in Burbank, authorities said Tuesday.

Around 5:45 p.m. Monday the man was driving a 1998 Toyota Camry on the eastbound side of the freeway, west of Pass Avenue, when for unknown reasons, his car veered out of control ... up a right shoulder embankment and into a tree, the California Highway Patrol reported.

An investigation to determine if alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash is pending, the CHP said.

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