Traffic & Transit
1 Killed In Porter Ranch Crash
A driver struck two poles and died at the scene of the crash shortly before midnight Sunday.
PORTER RANCH, CA — A man was killed in a solo-vehicle crash in Porter Ranch late Sunday night. It was the third roadway fatality in the community in less than two months.
According to police, the driver, a 46-year-old man, slammed into two poles and died at the scene.
The crash occurred at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday in the 18500 block of Rinaldi Street around Darby Avenue, according to Officer A. Delatorre of the Los Angeles Police Department's Operations Center.
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The driver was heading westbound on Rinaldi Street when he struck a telephone pole, kept going and careened into a large metal pole.
It wasn't immediately clear what factors may have led to the crash, which remained under investigation.
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On Oct. 22, several people were injured and two teens were killed in a multi-car crash in Porter Ranch. Alex Ceballos, 20, was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the crash.
City News Service and Patch Staffer contributed to this report.
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