3 teens who died in 5 Fwy. crash in Anaheim are identified by coroner; survivor seriously injured
Latest update from NBC Los Angeles: 3 killed in 5 Freeway crash in Anaheim identified as teens from Orange County - NBC Los Angeles. ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- The Orange County coroner has identified three teenagers who were killed when an SUV veered off the 5 Freeway in Anaheim and struck a concrete pillar. The sole survivor of the Thursday morning crash remained hospitalized. The Ford Edge crashed around 3:15 a.m. at the southbound Lincoln Avenue off-ramp of the freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. "For an unknown reason, the Ford veered off the road and struck a wood/metal guardrail, and a concrete pillar," the CHP said in a news release. "The Ford then continued southbound and collided with a sloped concrete embankment and overturned before finally coming to rest in a vegetation covered embankment." Two of the teens in the vehicle died at the scene, the news release said. Two others were rushed to an area hospital with major injuries, where one was later pronounced dead. The deceased were later identified as Levi Jacob Flores, 15, of Garden Grove; Robert Miguel Gutierrez-Avalos, 16, of Santa Ana; and Victor Hugo Delgado, 17, of Santa Ana.
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Latest update from NBC Los Angeles: 3 killed in 5 Freeway crash in Anaheim identified as teens from Orange County - NBC Los Angeles. ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- The Orange County coroner has identified three teenagers who were killed when an SUV veered off the 5 Freeway in Anaheim and struck a concrete pillar. The sole survivor of the Thursday morning crash remained hospitalized. The Ford Edge crashed around 3:15 a.m. at the southbound Lincoln Avenue off-ramp of the freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. "For an unknown reason, the Ford veered off the road and struck a wood/metal guardrail, and a concrete pillar," the CHP said in a news release. "The Ford then continued southbound and collided with a sloped concrete embankment and overturned before finally coming to rest in a vegetation covered embankment." Two of the teens in the vehicle died at the scene, the news release said. Two others were rushed to an area hospital with major injuries, where one was later pronounced dead. The deceased were later identified as Levi Jacob Flores, 15, of Garden Grove; Robert Miguel Gutierrez-Avalos, 16, of Santa Ana; and Victor Hugo Delgado, 17, of Santa Ana.