Two people have died after their vehicle was involved in a two-vehicle collision on the 55 freeway transition to the 22 freeway in Orange.
The California Highway Patrol reported that the crash occurred on the transition from the northbound 55 freeway to the westbound 22. One car was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed and caught fire after the crash.
Aaron Ortega Vazquez, 22, was a passenger in one of the vehicles — a pickup truck — and was taken to Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, where he later died. The pickup driver was pronounced dead at the scene and his identity has not yet been released.
The investigation into the fatal car accident is ongoing.
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