Teen driver dies, other driver injured after teen swerves to avoid one car, crashes head on into another on Foothill Boulevard in Sylmar, California
Teen boy killed after crashing head-on into pickup truck in Sylmar, police say
"To avoid the vehicle that came out of the Vallarta market, [the teen] swerved at a high rate of speed and went into the northbound lanes off Foothill Boulevard and went head on with that silver, Toyota truck," said LAPD Sgt. John Matassa.
Teenager Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash With Pickup Truck in Sylmar
Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 11:47 a.m. to 13920 W. Foothill Blvd., where the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. His sedan hit the pickup truck and then struck a pole.
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