A Santa Clarita man was pronounced dead on the scene by L.A. County Fire Department personnel after a two-vehicle traffic collision on The Old Road and north Weldon Canyon Road on Saturday afternoon, according to officers with California Highway Patrol Traffic Management.
The two vehicles were a Toyota Rav-4 and a Pontiac Grand AM, according to Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesman for CHP-Newhall area office.
The Toyota Rav-4 driver was driving on the wrong side of the road and there was no suspicion of DUI, according to Burgos-Lopez.
The man who was killed was described as being Hispanic and is 88 years old, Burgos-Lopez said.
The other man, the Toyota Rav-4 driver, was transported to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital with minor injuries, Burgos-Lopez said.
Officers were dispatched at 12:18 p.m. to the collision, said Officer Michael Nasir with CHP Traffic Management.
Firefighters were dispatched to the area at 12:22 p.m. and arrived on the scene at 12:33 p.m., according to Fred Fielding, spokesman for the Fire Department.
There were no patients trapped, and the injured man was transported to the hospital at 1:03 p.m., according to Fielding.
The area is closed due to CHP waiting for the coroner as of the publication of this story, according to Burgos-Lopez.
A Sigalert has been issued for the time being between The Old Road north of Edison Road and Weldon Canyon Road as they continue the investigation at the time of this publication, Burgos-Lopez said.
