Five dead when fiery crash closes all lanes of California’s Pacific Coast Highway about 55 miles east of LA at Mugu Rock
- Five people are dead after a blazing car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway north of Point Mugu Rock in Ventura County early Sunday
- A blue Subaru and an SUV were involved in the collision when one of the cars pulled into moving traffic
- Officials have closed the highway where the accident occurred while they investigate, and it’s unclear when it will reopen
- The dead have not yet been identified
Five people died in a serious car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway early Sunday morning.
Officials responded to the collision just north of Point Mugu Rock in Ventura County — about 55 miles east of Los Angeles — around 4:30 a.m. and found a blue Subaru and another SUV on fire, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Officials have not released the identity of the deceased but said one of the cars was moving into moving traffic when the collision occurred, according to the KTLA.
One person was in the Subaru, the others in the SUV.
CHP announced that the highway around the crash site is closed while the investigation is ongoing. It is unclear when it will reopen.
Five people are dead after a blazing car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway north of Point Mugu Rock in Ventura County early Sunday
A blue Subaru and an SUV were involved in the collision when one of the cars pulled into moving traffic
Officials have not released the identity of the deceased but said one of the cars was traveling in the direction of moving traffic when the collision occurred
Officials have closed the highway where the accident occurred while they investigate, and it’s unclear when it will reopen
Another fiery crash occurred in the crash near Mugu Rock in June, killing a 51-year-old man.
According to the Ventura County Star, the victim drove into PCH in a 2016 Range Rover around 6 p.m. when he pulled his vehicle off the freeway after missing a corner.
Officials at the time said the car was thrown into the air before rolling down the side of a mountain and catching fire.
The 51-year-old flew out of the vehicle on impact and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Nobody else was hurt.
PCH’s narrow trail was also the cause of a burning wreckage in February 2020 after a car carrying two passengers fell off a cliff near Big Sur.
Another driver was driving along the highway around 4.40am when he saw what he believed to be a brush fire.
Firefighters were working to put out the blaze when they later determined that a car was responsible for the fire and at least one person was inside.
At the time, investigators did not assume that alcohol or drugs could have been involved in the crash.
As Big Sur Fire, USFS Los Padres, and Cal-Fire Hand worked to put out the blaze, they determined that the vehicle appeared to be the source of the fire
Two people were killed in a burning wreckage after their car was thrown off a cliff near Big Sur