The fatal collision happened around 8:45 p.m. on July 19 in the area of Elizabeth Lake Road and 15th Street West near Palmdale
Desert View Highlands, CA – Two teenagers were killed Saturday night in a two-vehicle collision in unincorporated Desert View Highlands, according to the CHP.
The fatal collision happened around 8:45 p.m. on July 19 in the area of Elizabeth Lake Road and 15th Street West near Palmdale
CHP said a 17-year-old Palmdale boy was driving a 2023 Toyota westbound on Elizabeth Lake Road when he turned left into the path of an eastbound 2018 Subaru and was broadsided.
Two passengers in the Toyota, an 18-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl, were taken to Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where they were pronounced dead. They were not wearing their seatbelts at the time of the accident.
Two other passengers, a 17-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman, both from Palmdale, were taken to Antelope Valley Medical Center with major injuries. They were also not wearing their seatbelts at the time of the collision.
The Toyota driver was taken to Palmdale Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. He was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.
The Subaru driver, a 19-year-old Palmdale woman who was wearing a seatbelt, sustained minor injuries but did not require hospitalization.
Alcohol and drugs were not considered factors in the collision.
The CHP is investigating the accident.