Car Strikes Truck, Killing Man, 65
A 65-year-old Arleta man was killed Sunday when a car driven by a suspected drunk driver crashed into the truck in which he was riding, Los Angeles police said.
The accident occurred about noon at Woodman Avenue and Devonshire Street in Mission Hills, Officer Bill Mulvihill said.
The truck was traveling south on Woodman and turning left onto Devonshire when the northbound car slammed into the truck’s passenger side, Mulvihill said. The passenger, whose name was withheld pending notification of relatives, died on impact.
The driver of the truck was taken to Northridge Hospital Medical Center where he was being treated for a skull fracture, Mulvihill said.
The car’s driver, Felix Galvan, 32, of Panorama City, was taken to Holy Cross Medical Center and treated for head cuts before being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, Mulvihill said.
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