A suspect crashed a stolen U-Haul van into another vehicle Monday in San Clemente, fatally injuring a passenger in the other vehicle.
Deputies attempted to stop the U-Haul just before 8 a.m., and during a short pursuit, the fleeing suspect crashed into an SUV near the intersection of South Ola Vista and Avenida Granada, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
“The pursuit was super short, about a block and less than a minute,” according to Orange County sheriff’s Sgt. Gerard McCann.
The van slammed into a Mazda SUV, killing a woman in her 50s, McCann said. Her name was not immediately released.
Three other adults in the SUV were taken to a hospital in critical condition, McCann said.
Two suspects matching the description of the U-Haul driver and a passenger were detained and questioned, McCann said.