[04-08-2023] Los Angeles County, CA – One Killed, Another Critical After Two-Vehicle Collision in Pomona

One person was killed while another was critically injured following a two-vehicle collision in Pomona on Saturday morning, April 8, 2023.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the fatal crash occurred early morning at about 1:51 a.m. on the Garey Avenue off-ramp of the westbound Pomona (60) Freeway.

The circumstances that led to the collision of two vehicles remain under investigation. Both drivers were found by the responders trapped inside the wreckage. The Los Angeles County Fire Department was dispatched to extricate both victims.

One of the drivers was declared dead at the scene. The second motorist was transported to the hospital in a critical state. No further updates were released on their names and the second driver’s current condition.

As the investigation ensued, a SigAlert was issued as all westbound lanes of the freeway were shut down.

No other information was immediately available.

Fatal Two-Vehicle Accident Statistics

Every year, preventable car accidents cause serious injuries and deaths to thousands of people in the United States, including hundreds of children. Nearly two million lives are lost and ten million are injured every year because of automotive accidents worldwide.

The National Safety Council reported an 8.3 percent increase in traffic-related fatalities in 2020. The preceding three years show a slow but steady decline. In the United States, car accidents claimed the lives of 39,107 people in 2019. In the year 2020, the total reached 42,338.

There were 3,847 fatalities due to traffic accidents in the Golden State that year in 2020. Nearly half of the total fatalities (1,587 people, or 41%) were caused by accidents involving several vehicles. There was just one car involved in 2,260 (or 59 percent) of all traffic fatalities.

77 percent of accidents, 71 percent of wrecks that resulted in casualties, and 72 percent of crashes overall involved two or more cars. In 2020, more than eight thousand people were injured or killed as a result of angled crashes.

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