Los Angeles, California – Three teenagers were involved in a fatal accident in San Fernando, experiencing moments of intensity and desperation. The incident took place at the intersection of Ventura and Balboa Avenues in Encino, around 12:15 a.m. on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses captured the horrifying scene on video, showing flames and chaos in the area.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department spotted a vehicle traveling on Ventura Boulevard without its lights on. Faced with this situation, the officers attempted to communicate with the driver using the police vehicle’s loudspeakers, urging them to turn on their lights.
However, instead of complying, the driver chose to accelerate, triggering a series of tragic events. In a tragic twist of events, the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed violently into a pole.
The force of the impact caused the car to burst into flames instantly, engulfing the area in a whirlwind of fire and smoke. Despite the efforts of the officers to rescue the occupants of the vehicle, they sadly failed to save the person in the back seat, who lost his life at the scene of the accident. This victim is also estimated to be a teenager, just 14 years old.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the vehicle involved in the accident had been reported stolen by someone related to one of the teenagers involved. The owner of the car stated that the youths took his vehicle without authorization, thus triggering a chain of unfortunate events.
At the moment, the names of the teenagers involved have not been disclosed, and authorities continue with the relevant inquiries to clarify the details of the accident.
