The California Highway Patrol today was investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision that took the life of a 60-year-old woman in Acton. The crash was reported about 4:35 p.m. Wednesday on Crown Valley Parkway at Country Way, according to the CHP.
The preliminary investigation revealed the woman, an Acton resident whose name was not immediately available, was a passenger in a 1994 Ford being driven west on Country Way by 67-year-old Richard Allen Lewis, also of Acton.
“For reasons still under investigation,” the Ford collided with a 2005 Toyota being driven north on Crown Valley Parkway by 61-year-old Robert C.Gibilterra of Agua Dulce, and both vehicles overturned, according to CHP Officer D. Aldrete.
The woman, whose name was withheld pending next-of-kin notification, suffered fatal injuries. A CHP report indicated she was not wearing a seat belt.
Both drivers were taken to Antelope Valley Medical Center for treatment of injuries believed to be minor, according to the CHP. Neither drugs nor alcohol were suspected as factors in the crash.
A SigAlert was issued for the northbound and southbound lanes of Crown Valley Parkway at 4:56 p.m. It was canceled at 9:13 p.m. Anyone with information about the collision was urged to call the investigating officer at 661-743-6060.
