Shadow Hills, CA. – A 13-year-old boy was killed in a multi-vehicle collision that left six other people injured in the Shadow Hills area of Los Angeles on Sunday.
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the accident happened on the Foothill (210) Freeway near the Sunland Boulevard off-ramp at around 10 p.m.
A vehicle was moving in and out of lanes at a high rate of speed before colliding with three other vehicles.
Two of the vehicles involved in the crash rolled over.
Bryan Ceja, 13, was killed in the crash, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office.
A 40-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman, and a 61-year-old man were taken to hospitals with serious injuries.
Two patients were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Another patient declined to be taken to a hospital.
The crash shut down all lanes of the freeway.
More details about the accident were not released.
Los Angeles County has historically experienced significant traffic safety challenges, although recent data indicates some improvements in its California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) rankings and a decrease in total victims killed and injured from peak years. The county consistently ranks as one of the most dangerous in the state for traffic collisions, leading in both population and accident volume. In 2022, there were 8,944 victims killed and injured in total fatal and injury collisions, which gave the county an OTS ranking of 14 out of 15 comparable entities, indicating improvement from previous years, where it ranked 1/15 (worst) in 2018 and 2019. Despite overall improvements in rankings, specific collision types remain a concern. In 2022, there were 1,524 pedestrian victims killed and injured, and 475 bicyclist victims killed and injured. Pedestrians, in particular, account for a disproportionately high number of traffic deaths in the region, a trend that has persisted in recent years. Alcohol-involved collisions also contributed significantly to the 2022 statistics, with 1,676 victims killed and injured.
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