FULLERTON – Three people – including Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart – were killed and another person was seriously injured at an intersection in Fullerton early this morning in a three-vehicle crash that authorities said was caused by a motorist who ran a red light.
The Angels front office confirmed this morning that Adenhart was one of the victims.
The accident occurred at East Orangethorpe Avenue and South Lemon Street just after midnight, said Fullerton police Lt. Craig Brower.
Police have not released the names of the people killed.
The driver of the van that apparently ran the red light, Andrew Thomas Gallo, 22, fled the scene, according to police. Gallo, of Riverside, was later arrested and charged with felony hit-and-run. The passenger in the van, Raymond Alexander Rivera, 21, was taken to Western Medical Center-Anaheim with minor injuries, according to Fullerton officer Laura Markoski.
Brower said two of the vehicles – one traveling on Lemon, the other on Orangethorpe – crashed in the intersection.
One vehicle, a gray Mitsubishi, slammed into a light pole. The other vehicle was a minivan.
Two of the occupants in the Mitsubishi were declared dead at the scene and a third died just after 6 a.m. The fourth occupant is at UCI Medical Center in Orange in critical condition, Brower said.
A third vehicle, which was stopped in the intersection, was also struck in the accident but sustained only minor damage, and its driver was not hurt, Brower said.
Brower said that intersection is estimated to be closed until about noon
I WAS AT THE GAME LAST NIGHT. HE STARTED AND WENT 6 INNINGS AGAINST THE A'S...NEVER THOUGHT HE'D GO FROM STARTING LAST NIGHT TO BEING IN THE CORONERS OFFICE...SO SAD MAN DUDE WORKED HARD TO MAKE HIS DREAM COME TRUE JUST TO BE ERASED LIKE THAT. LIFE IS A TRIP.
The Angels front office confirmed this morning that Adenhart was one of the victims.
The accident occurred at East Orangethorpe Avenue and South Lemon Street just after midnight, said Fullerton police Lt. Craig Brower.
Police have not released the names of the people killed.
The driver of the van that apparently ran the red light, Andrew Thomas Gallo, 22, fled the scene, according to police. Gallo, of Riverside, was later arrested and charged with felony hit-and-run. The passenger in the van, Raymond Alexander Rivera, 21, was taken to Western Medical Center-Anaheim with minor injuries, according to Fullerton officer Laura Markoski.
Brower said two of the vehicles – one traveling on Lemon, the other on Orangethorpe – crashed in the intersection.
One vehicle, a gray Mitsubishi, slammed into a light pole. The other vehicle was a minivan.
Two of the occupants in the Mitsubishi were declared dead at the scene and a third died just after 6 a.m. The fourth occupant is at UCI Medical Center in Orange in critical condition, Brower said.
A third vehicle, which was stopped in the intersection, was also struck in the accident but sustained only minor damage, and its driver was not hurt, Brower said.
Brower said that intersection is estimated to be closed until about noon
I WAS AT THE GAME LAST NIGHT. HE STARTED AND WENT 6 INNINGS AGAINST THE A'S...NEVER THOUGHT HE'D GO FROM STARTING LAST NIGHT TO BEING IN THE CORONERS OFFICE...SO SAD MAN DUDE WORKED HARD TO MAKE HIS DREAM COME TRUE JUST TO BE ERASED LIKE THAT. LIFE IS A TRIP.
