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[10-08-2024] Los Angeles County, CA – Two Killed, One Injured After Two-Vehicle Collision in Porter Ranch

Published October 9, 2024

[10-08-2024] Two Killed, One Injured After Two-Vehicle Collision in Porter RanchA fatal two-vehicle collision in Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, claimed the lives of a 58-year-old man and another man estimated to be in his 50s late Tuesday night, October 8, 2024.

According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the crash occurred around 11:15 p.m. at 10700 Tampa Ave., south of Chatsworth Street. 

Emergency personnel arrived to find two men deceased at the scene. A third man, reportedly in his 20s and in the second vehicle, was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The circumstances leading to the crash are still under investigation.

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