California 4th of July Death of Ortega Highway


July 4, 2008 (by Otto Smyth)

According to reports by a Los Angeles car accident lawyer, an accident involving an Honda made vehicle and a Toyota 4Runner. The driver of the Honda has been identified as 15 year old David Galindo and his passenger identified as 16 year old Oscar Aguirre, who were both found dead in the vehicle after the crash.

The accident occurred when Galindo who was driving the Honda drifted off the right shoulder into the gravel. It was this time according to California Highway Patrol Officer Chris Goodwin that Galindo over corrected the vehicle landing in the opposite lane of traffic. The Honda was in the path of the Toyota 4Runner that was in the westbound lane traveling at approximately 55 miles per hour, causing the 4Runner to crash into the side of the Honda.

According to reports Officer Goodwin stated that when the California Highway Patrol arrived on the scene they found both boys in the vehicle fatally injured.

The driver and passenger of the Toyota 4Runner were injured and transported to the Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo.

The accident was reported to the California Highway Patrol at approximately 4:45 a.m.
newspersonal injury attorney los angeles in Orange County and Los Angeles deal with these types of California wrongful death cases often.

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