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Man arrested on DUI charge following collision that left two dead in Ventura County

David von Diemar
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Unsplash

More charges expected in wake of Sunday crash.

Two people are dead, and a driver is facing a DUI charge following a traffic collision in Ventura County.

It happened just after 6 a.m. Sunday west of Camarillo.

CHP officers say a car failed to stop at Central Avenue and Santa Clara Avenue intersection and hit a pickup truck. A 75-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman from Piru in the truck were fatally injured and pronounced dead at the scene. Their names haven’t been released yet.

The driver of the car was taken to a hospital for treatment of moderate injuries. The 19-year-old Santa Paula man was later arrested on a DUI charge, with additional charges expected as a result of the death.

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.