Multiple Crashes On 91 Send Several To Hospital: OCFA

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Serious separate crashes caused injuries to nine people Sunday night, according to the Orange County Fire Authority and California Highway Patrol reports.

Two of the nine, both drivers, were injured seriously, in two separate crashes on the Artesia (91) Freeway in Buena Park, authorities said.

The crashes were minutes apart near Knott Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The first crash, reported to the CHP at just before 3:15 a.m., and involved two vehicles that ended up on the shoulder of the eastbound 91, the CHP said.

The second crash was reported about seven minutes later and it too involved two vehicles.

Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi told City News Service that there were nine patients, including a woman in her 20s and a man in his 30s - both drivers - who were taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange in serious condition.

Another man and woman were taken to Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana with moderate injuries, Concialdi said.

Five other patients -- a man, two women, a 9-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy came from one of the vehicles, an SUV. They were treated at a hospital for minor injuries.

The other injured people -- including the two seriously injured drivers -- were from the other three vehicles in the pileups. The OCFA sent a total of five paramedic units to the two scenes, Concialdi said.

The Anaheim and Fullerton fire departments each sent one paramedic unit, he said.

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