CAR Crash: Three people killed in Southern CA 101 Freeway

May 24, 2010

Los Angeles - At least three people were killed in a second accident in Southern California 101 Freeway in Sherman Oaks.

California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported that three men and a woman were involved in a three-car crash and came out of their car to exchange information.

A fourth car slammed into their location and killed the two drivers (Hawthorne and Neil Hillan, 47 and Santiago Vasquez, 24) and the female occupant (Norma Najera-Villeda, 41).

A 2000 BMW lost control on the wheels and crashed into the three cars on Sunday at 2:10 a.m.

Antulio Aju, the third driver, managed to avoid the oncoming fourth car. Haik Madoyan, driver of the BMW, was detained by CHP officers.

CHP authorities were still investigating the cause of the accident. Details on the victims' fatal injuries remained undisclosed.