[03-31-2023] Los Angeles County, CA – Two-Vehicle Crash in Boyle Heights Killed One Person, Injured Another

One person was killed, and another was injured after a two-vehicle crash in Los Angeles early Friday morning, March 31, 2023.

The fatal collision reportedly occurred around 1:18 a.m. on the 3000 block of East Washington Boulevard in the Boyle Heights neighborhood.

According to authorities, they received calls about a car that rear-ended a semi-truck. When they arrived, they discovered one person was trapped, and the other extricated themselves from the vehicle.

One patient was taken to a nearby hospital, while the other died at the scene. The victims’ identities have not been released pending their next of kin notification.

Officials are currently investigating to determine the cause of the crash…

Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash Statistics

According to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 38,824 vehicle fatalities were recorded in the United States in 2020, resulting in 35,766 fatalities. For every 100 million miles driven, there were 1.34 or 11.7 fatalities for every 100,000 people.

In California, unintentional traffic events result in approximately 10,000 fatal car accidents yearly. This figure illustrates the seriousness of the issue.

There have been 23.5 percent more fatal car crashes in California since 2013. Three thousand eight hundred ninety-eight died in 3,850,866 car accidents in 2017, while 276,823 people were injured.

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