Details are starting to come out and from TV reports it sounds like these were three kids from a local Westminster-area high school. I graduated from the other Westminster-area high school (La Quinta) a very long time ago but this still hits a little close to home. From The OC Register:
One person died after the driver of a pickup lost control and rolled the vehicle into a flood-control channel, police said.The accident site is not far from Westminster High, and the time of the accident would be consistent with students heading home from school. More info as it becomes available.
Officers responded to the fatal traffic accident near Rancho Road and Spa Drive about 3 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
"It appears to be a solo vehicle accident where the driver lost control, drove through a chain-link fence and dropped into the flood-control channel," Westminster officer Van Woodson said.
The channel has vertical sides and an approximately 20-foot drop, Woodson said. The pickup landed at an angle, partially on its side and partially on its roof.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, Woodson said. It wasn't immediately clear if the person was the driver or a passenger in the pickup.
Two other people were taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries.
UPDATE: KNBC identifies the fatality as 18-year old Kody Kessler from Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach.
One person was killed and two others were hurt Wednesday when a driver lost control of a Chevrolet pickup truck and crashed into a flood-control channel, Westminster police said. All three in the pickup attended local high schools.
The truck rolled and crashed into the flood-control channel at Rancho Road and Spa Drive about 3 p.m., Westminster police Officer Van Woodson said.
Kody Kessler, 18, of Westminster, was declared dead at the scene by arriving rescuers. Kessler attended Ocean View High School, Van Woodson said.
Two other teens crawled out of the pickup and climbed to the top of the flood-control channel. Neighbors helped the teens get over a hurricane fence.
Van Woodson described the injuries of the two survivors as non-life threatening.
Westminster police said Jared Von Grote, 18, of Huntington Beach and a Marina High School student was the driver of the pickup.
Kristopher Howell, 18, of Huntington Beach and an Ocean View High School student was the second passenger in the pickup.
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That's horrible. God, bless their families!!! *sigh*
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