The SAPD posted early this moring on X , at around 1:30 a.m., that they were investigating a fatal traffic collision involving a single vehicle into a tree. They closed Segerstrom Avenue between Raitt Street and Greenville Street while investigating the accident but you knew this was a bad one when they also noted two hours ago that the media staging area for this incident will be located at the South corners of Townsend Street and Segerstrom Avenue.
The accident turned out to be a horrific one. There were six people inside one car and more than half of the victims turned out to be local teens.
The responding officers found six victims including five females and one male had been hurt in the collision. The preliminary police investigation revealed that the male driver was driving at a high rate of speed, westbound on Segerstrom, when he missed a turn and collided with a tree.
The crash happened in the area of West Segerstrom Avenue and South Townsend Street at around 11:30 p.m…