19-Year-Old Killed in Placentia Car Crash

The Placentia Police Department has reported that a 19-year-old man was killed when a Ford Crown Victoria and a Chevrolet Tahoe crashed early on Friday.

In a news release, police said officers responded to the crash around 7:52 a.m. in the 100 block of East Orangethorpe Ave.  Police officials found the man deceased inside the Crown Victoria. It was revealed by the initial investigation that a left turn was made by a female driver in a Hyundai Genesis out of a residential neighborhood onto Orangethorpe Avenue and the Crown Victoria that was traveling westbound on Orangethorpe swerved in an attempt to avoid hitting the Genesis. It is believed that the Crown Victoria spin out of control into the eastbound lanes on Orangethorpe and was struck by the Tahoe traveling eastbound on Orangethorpe.

The deceased driver was from Anaheim.

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