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    Man, toddler killed in crash on 5 Freeway in northern Orange County
    • April 20, 2025

    A man and a toddler died and at least three other people were injured in a crash in northern Orange County on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway near the 91 Freeway interchange Saturday night.

    The crash was first reported to the California Highway Patrol at 7:11 p.m. on the northbound 5 Freeway just north of Magnolia Avenue, near the borders of Anaheim, Fullerton and Buena Park.

    Witnesses told the CHP a white SUV was being driven recklessly before the collision with a dark-colored SUV, which caused both vehicles to roll over and caused the white SUV to go over a guardrail.

    Initially, one person was pronounced dead at the scene and four trauma patients were taken by ambulance to hospitals, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Sean Doran said. Later, according to broadcast reports, the CHP said a toddler and a man died in the crash and that it was suspected to involve drunken driving.

    ABC7 reported a woman driving the white SUV, who was suspected of DUI, collided with the dark-colored SUV, a Ford carrying five people. The toddler and the man who died were in the Ford. Information on the conditions of the other three people in the Ford was not immediately available.

    The driver of the white SUV, a Chevrolet, was hospitalized with major injuries.

    Caltrans closed all lanes but the HOV lane on the northbound Santa Ana Freeway and traffic was diverted onto the westbound Riverside (91) Freeway and the Magnolia Avenue off-ramp.

    City News Service contributed to this story.

    ​ Orange County Register 

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