The man killed in a Christmas Day multi-vehicle crash on the 5 freeway in Valencia has been identified as 37-year-old Estevan Whitfield of Sacramento, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
The deadly multi-vehicle crash occurred around 5:27 p.m. on Dec. 25, 2025, on the northbound I-5 just south of Magic Mountain Parkway, CHP officials said.
Officers initially received reports of a single-vehicle crash involving a white Dodge that had come to rest facing the wrong direction and was blocking the No. 1 lane. CHP says a Toyota traveling northbound was able to stop in time for the Dodge that was blocking the lane, but moments later, a Jeep rear-ended the Toyota.
After that collision, the drivers of the Toyota and Jeep exited their vehicles. A GMC traveling northbound then approached the crash scene and was unable to stop, crashing into the stopped vehicles…