What was being called a mysterious traffic accident in Ventura County is now being investigated as a fatal collision.
On December 1, an SUV tumbled a thousand feet down off of Deer Creek Road, near the Pacific Coast Highway. It’s off of the PCH between Oxnard and Malibu.
A man who said he was in the SUV climbed up to the highway and got a ride. But, CHP officers say he didn’t report the early Sunday morning crash until Monday afternoon. The man said there were two other people in the SUV that were missing.
A two-day air and ground search failed to turn up anyone. On Friday, the family of a man reported him missing, which led to a new search Saturday and the discovery of a man’s body in some bushes. His name hasn’t been released yet and an autopsy is pending. There’s no word on the third person reported to be in the SUV.
