Three Killed in CA Crash that Ends with Pickup in Pool

March 13, 2021

A pickup that was fleeing police collided with a car and ended up on it's roof in a Garden Grove pool in a crash that left three dead.

By Alma Fausto

Source The Orange County Register

Orange County firefighters at the scene a crash between a pickup and car that left three dead.

Mar. 12—Three people died early Friday, March 12, when a speeding truck struck a car and smashed through a wall and plunged into a Garden Grove home's pool, police said.

At around 2:15 a.m., a Garden Grove police officer saw a Dodge Ram truck speeding through a parking lot on Chapman Avenue and Harbor Boulevard.

The officer followed the truck as it left the lot and continued speeding along Chapman, Garden Grove police said. The patrol officer activated lights and the siren to try and stop the driver who kept heading west.

A couple of minutes later, the truck crashed into a car at Euclid Street and Orangewood Avenue.

The pickup was fleeing police when it crashed into a car.

Firefighters found the car rolled over, resting on the block wall while the truck was overturned in the pool, the Orange County Fire Authority said.

Before landing in the pool, the truck sheared off a hydrant — sending a geyser of water into the air.

Firefighters used a search camera to look inside the vehicle in the pool and confirmed one person was dead, the Fire Authority said.

The car's driver was taken to the hospital but pronounced dead.

Hours later, crews were finally able to hoist the truck out of the pool. That's when they made the discovery of another body, a passenger, police said.

Authorities have not released the names of the people who died.

It was not immediately known if drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.

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