Three people were killed and two others seriously injured Thursday night in a two-vehicle collision in San Juan Capistrano.
A dog also died in the head-on collision, which was reported at 7:53 p.m. on Camino Capistrano, south of Avery Parkway, between the San Diego (5) Freeway and San Joaquin Hills (73) Transportation Corridor, Capt. Steve Concialdi of the Orange County Fire Authority said.
Three people were pronounced dead at the scene and two — a man and woman, both in their 20s — were taken to a hospital as trauma patients, he said.
The dog was in the same vehicle as the injured victims, Concialdi said.
One of the vehicles involved caught fire after the crash, a witness at the scene reported to the California Highway Patrol.