Angels Pitcher Among 3 Killed in Fullerton Hit-Run
From local LA News.....
Los Angeles -- Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart, 22, was among three people killed in a crash at a Fullerton intersection early Thursday.
Adenhart, another man and a woman were all killed, and another man was critically injured, in a three-vehicle crash blamed on a motorist who ran a red light at a Fullerton intersection, police said. Besides Adenhart, one of the other people who was also killed was also part of the Angels organization.
Authorities withheld the names of the dead for hours, pending family notification.
Police said the driver of a minivan who was blamed for the crash fled the scene on foot but was arrested a short time later on suspicion of hit-and-run. A passenger who remained in the minivan suffered minor injuries, Brower said.
The crash occurred at East Orangethorpe Avenue and South Lemon Street around 12:20 a.m., said Fullerton police Lt. Doug Cave.
Cave said two of the vehicles -- one traveling on Lemon, the other on Orangethorpe -- crashed in the intersection. A third vehicle, which was stopped in the intersection, was struck in the accident but sustained only minor damage and its driver was not hurt, Cave said.
Witnesses said a minivan ran a red light and collided with a silver Mitsubishi occupied by four people, said Fullerton police Lt. Craig Brower.
The Mitsubishi slammed into a light pole. A man and a woman in the Mitsubishi died at the scene, Brower said.
Two other men in the Mitsubishi were transported in critical condition to UC Irvine Medical Center, where one man died, he said.
Traffic was routed around the area, and the intersection remained closed after daybreak, Brower said.
Angels Pitcher Among 3 Killed in Fullerton Hit-Run | NBC Los Angeles
