A teen was killed and two others were injured in a hit-and-run crash in Port Hueneme.
PORT HUENEME, Calif. - A Port Hueneme man faces possible murder charges and attempted murder charges after his the car he was driving struck several bicyclists, leaving one teen dead.
Port Hueneme police received multiple calls Monday night at 9:27 p.m. for reports of a traffic collision that occurred near the intersection of North Ventura Road and East Pleasant Valley Road. The calls indicated that a vehicle had struck several bicyclists near the intersection and the driver had fled the scene.
“The group was about seven bicyclists all riding together and of those seven bicyclists, three of them were struck in the street,” said said Scott Matalon, Public Information Officer at the Hueneme Police Department.
One teenage boy is dead and two more are significantly injured after a group of seven young bicyclists were hit by a dark sedan in Port Hueneme on Monday night.
The Port Hueneme Police Department received multiple calls of a vehicle involved in a traffic collision with “several bicyclists” near north Ventura Road and east Pleasant Valley Road in Port Hueneme at 9:28 p.m.
Responding emergency personnel arrived to find three teenage male victims, all with significant injuries. All three were transported to local hospitals, according to Scott Matalon, a spokesman with the agency.
One victim died overnight. A second victim has major injuries and is in critical condition. A third victim has “significant lower body injuries,” according to Matalon.