Authorities Monday identified a man who was killed when the SUV he was driving crashed into two other vehicles at an intersection in Lancaster.
The crash occurred about 12:30 a.m. Thursday on Avenue J at 40th Street West, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported.
Jorge Pena, 19, died at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. His city of residence was not known.
According to the sheriff’s department, Pena was driving a Dodge Journey SUV west on Avenue J “at a high rate of speed” when it hit the rear of a Ford F-450 Spectrum utility truck that had been stopped westbound on Avenue J at a red light.
The Dodge Journey then overturned and crashed into a car at the intersection. The drivers of the car and the Ford truck suffered minor injuries, the sheriff’s department reported.
Anyone with information on the crash was urged to call the sheriff’s Lancaster Station at 661-948-8466.