Crime & Safety
1 Killed by Suspected Drunken Driver on Ventura Blvd. in Tarzana
The victim is a woman in her 60s.
By City News Service
A suspected drunken driver was in custody Tuesday after a female driver was killed in Tarzana in a collision involving seven vehicles, police said.
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The suspected drunk driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI following the accident in the 19200 block of Ventura Boulevard and was transported to a hospital, said Officer Olga Arriaga of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Division.
The victim was a woman in her 60s, Arriaga said. Neither the suspect's identity nor the extent of his injuries were immediately released.
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Arriaga said the suspect had been driving eastbound on Ventura when he struck the rearmost of six vehicles stopped at a red light at the intersection with Vanalden Avenue around 11:05 p.m. Monday.
The suspect, who drove a gray Ford Taurus, entered the store after the collision, purchased beer and began drinking it outside the store, CBS2 reported.
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