Last Updated on January 18, 2023 by C-CAR
POMONA >> Three people were killed within a span of six hours, two in a traffic accident and the other in a house fire.
The two people in the traffic accident died after the vehicle they were traveling in struck a tree about 4:10 a.m. Saturday.
The driver, a 19-year-old Ontario man, and the passenger, an 18-year-old Montclair man, died at scene of the crash in the 1400 block of East Mission Boulevard, east of East End Avenue, police Cpl. JT Garcia said in a written statement.
Their names were being withheld until their families were notified.
The crash happened when the car crossed over the center median, authorities said.
Debris from the crash stretched across the median and two lanes of traffic later in the morning as police and coroner’s officials investigated the destroyed vehicle.
The house fire was reported around 10:20 p.m. Friday. A second person reportedly was injured.
The fire occurred near the intersection of San Raphael Place and Los Felis Drive, Los Angeles County fire Inspector Randall Wright said.
The unidentified victim died at the house, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s investigator Joyce Cato. The other victim was hospitalized with minor injuries.
The fire’s cause was under investigation, Wright said.
Staff Writers Brian Day and Ryan Hagen and City News Service contributed to this report.
