UPDATE:
Updated at 5:29 a.m.
A woman was in custody Tuesday on suspicion of causing a two-car collision on a Northridge street while driving under the influence, killing a 23-year-old woman and injuring her brother, police said.
The crash occurred at 9:37 p.m. Monday at 19700 Parthenia St., near Corbin Avenue, police said. The deceased woman was a passenger in a car driven by her brother, who was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
The suspect's car came to rest against a masonry and iron fence, and she was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, said Officer Karen Rayner of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.
The woman, whose name was not immediately released, was later arrested and was being processed this morning at the LAPD's Van Nuys Station, said Valley Traffic Division Sgt. Randy Modrell.
The woman who was killed was pronounced dead at the scene, said Matt Spence of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Her name was not immediately released.
Updated at 1:37 a.m.
A woman was in custody Tuesday on suspicion of causing a two-car collision on a Northridge street while driving under the influence, killing a 23-year-old woman and injuring a man, police said.
The crash occurred at 9:37 p.m. Monday at 19700 Parthenia St., near Corbin Avenue, police said. The deceased woman was a passenger in a car driven by a man who was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
The suspect's car came to rest against a block wall, and she was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, said Officer Karen Rayner of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.
The woman, whose name was not immediately released, was later arrested, said an officer at the LAPD's Valley Traffic Division.
The woman who was killed was pronounced dead at the scene, said Matt Spence of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Her name was not immediately released.
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Updated at 11:01 p.m., Monday
A 23-year-old female passenger was killed and two other people suffered non life-threatening injuries in a two-vehicle collision Monday night in Northridge.
The collision occurred at 9:37 p.m. at 19700 Parthenia St., near Corbin Avenue, said Matt Spence of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The woman passenger was pronounced dead at the scene, Spence said.
The driver and a passenger of that vehicle were taken to a hospital in what Officer Karen Rayner of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section called stable condition.
The female driver of the other vehicle, which came to rest against a block wall, was also taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries, Rayner said.
Police were investigating if she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the collision, Rayner said.
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