A 56-year-old man has been killed and a 16-year-old boy suffered major injuries after a car crashed into their disabled SUV on the shoulder of southbound I-5 in Anaheim, according to a news report.
The California Highway Patrol said that the driver of a 2002 Toyota Sequoia stopped on the side of southbound I-5 to fix a flat tire and was sitting on his back bumper while the 16-year-old boy was trying to change the tire when a 1994 Lexus sedan crashed into the Sequoia. The driver, identified as Jose Manuel Diaz Cardenas, was pronounced dead at the scene; the 16-year-old boy was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange with serious injuries.
Two girls who were sitting in the back of the SUV – an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old – were taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Orange with minor injuries. The Lexus driver, a 20-year-old Santa Ana man, was taken to UCI Medical Center with moderate injuries.
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