5-year-old boy and woman killed in head-on crash in Van Nuys
A five-year-old boy and a woman were killed, while four others were injured in a head-on collision in Van Nuys Thursday night.
According to Los Angeles Fire Department, the crash happened at around 9:35 p.m. in the 6400 block of Woodley Avenue.
Investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department said a white Honda was traveling northbound on Woodley Avenue when the driver crossed over into the southbound lanes and crashed head-on with a grey Honda Civic carrying four passengers, including a five-year-old boy and 60-year-old woman.
The woman, identified as 74-year-old Aura Calderon De Tobar, was pronounced dead at the scene by LAFD shortly after they arrived.
The five-year-old boy was taken to the hospital in grave condition where he later died. He has been identified by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner as Yeshua Cordova Tobar.
The other patients, two women in their 20s, and two men, one in his 30s and one in his 20s, were all hospitalized in "at least serious condition," firefighters said.
The crash remains under investigation.
Anyone with information on the crash was urged to call police at (818) 644-8033.
