[02-21-2023] San Bernardino County, CA – Two-Vehicle Crash in Ontario Killed Wrong-Way Driver, Injured Another

A female driver was injured following a two-vehicle collision caused by a wrong-way driver who got killed in Ontario early Tuesday, February 21, 2023.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the fatal crash occurred just after midnight at about 12:05 a.m. along the 60 Freeway near the Grove Avenue ramp.

A 78-year-old man from San Bernardino driving a 2011 Honda Civic entered the freeway’s westbound lanes after exiting the Grove Avenue ramp. He ended up going the wrong way, facing the oncoming traffic. He then turned around to get in the right direction, but a 2014 Toyota Camry T-boned him in the process.

The elderly driver was declared dead on the spot by the responders. The 56-year-old Chino woman operating the Camry sustained minor injuries. No further information on their identities was immediately available.

CHP officials stated that the deadly collision caused many lanes of the freeway to shut down, but they were reopened at about 3:45 a.m. after being cleared.

No other details have been made public as the investigation on what caused the event, including the man’s reasons for driving the wrong way, continues.

Fatal Two-Vehicle Accident Statistics

Vehicle collisions account for the greatest number of accidental deaths and hospitalizations in America. Meanwhile, around two million people worldwide are killed and ten million more are injured in traffic-related incidents each year.

According to the National Safety Council, more people died in car accidents in 2020 because of risky behaviors such as speeding, drinking, and driving, and failing to wear a seatbelt. The death rate had been falling for three years in a row prior to that year’s 8.3% increase. There were 39,107 fatalities in the United States due to automotive accidents in 2019. The figure increased to 42,338 by 2020.

It was reported that 3,847 people perished in car accidents in California in 2020. The majority of fatalities (2,260 or 59%) were the result of single-vehicle accidents, while almost half (1,587 or 41%) were the result of multiple-vehicle accidents.

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