Overview
- Deputies tried to stop a U-Haul with no license plates that they said was stolen, and the driver fled, triggering a brief pursuit.
- Less than a minute later, the van collided with a Mazda at Ola Vista and Avenida Granada in a residential area near North El Camino Real and the 5 Freeway.
- Four people were inside the Mazda; one passenger, a woman in her 50s, died, and three others were taken to a hospital in critical condition.
- The U-Haul passenger was detained at the scene, and deputies later found the driver with a K-9 and took him into custody.
- Authorities said the truck was stolen out of Whittier, and investigators have not released the victim’s name as CHP takes over the case.