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Two dead, two hurt after car slams into big rig on Highway 101 in Ventura County

Two people were killed, and two hurt when a car slammed into a big rig on Highway 101 in Ventura County Thursday.
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Two people were killed, and two hurt when a car slammed into a big rig on Highway 101 in Ventura County Thursday.

CHP officers say big rig was parked on shoulder of highway in Newbury Park when it was hit.

Two people are dead, and two hurt following an early morning traffic accident on Highway 101 in Ventura County.

It happened just after 5 a.m. Thursday, on southbound 101 near Wendy Drive in Newbury Park.

CHP officers said a southbound car smashed into a big rig parked on the southbound shoulder

Two people in the car were pronounced dead at the scene. Two others in the vehicle were seriously injured, but are expected to survive.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.