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Family Says Marine Among 3 Killed in Panorama City Red-Light Crash as Police Seek Civic Driver

Police say the minivan was escaping an earlier collision at the time of the crash.

Overview

  • The crash was reported around 9:35–9:37 p.m. Friday at Terra Bella Street and Woodman Avenue in Panorama City, according to LAPD.
  • Arriving responders pronounced the minivan driver and two people in a Ford Mustang—a 20-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman—dead at the scene, LAFD said.
  • A passenger from the minivan was transported to a hospital in critical condition, authorities said.
  • Investigators say a speeding westbound Plymouth minivan ran a red light and struck a southbound Mustang and Honda Civic.
  • The driver of the Civic fled on foot and has not been located, and police are urging tips to the LAPD Valley Traffic Division or Crime Stoppers; family and friends identified one victim as U.S. Marine Adrian Carrillo, though police have not released names.