Authorities identified a man killed in a head-on crash in El Rio Oct. 5.
Pedro Salazar Acosta, 45, of Santa Paula died of multiple, blunt-force injuries in the crash reported around 3:15 p.m. on Vineyard Avenue and Perello Rancho Road, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office. His death was ruled accidental.
Acosta had been driving westbound on Vineyard and made an unsafe left turn across a double yellow line and struck a BMW, injuring the driver and passenger, according to the California Highway Patrol, which responded to and investigated the crash. It was not clear at the time why Acosta crossed the lines into opposing traffic.
He suffered major injuries and died at the scene. The 22-year-old woman driving the BMW suffered major injuries and her
juvenile passenger suffered minor injuries, according to the Ventura County Fire Department, which also responded. Both were taken to the hospital.
Anyone with information regarding the crash was asked to contact the CHP Ventura Area office at 805-662-2640.
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