On Monday, February 4,  at 3:46 PM, 2 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 2 LAFD Rescue Ambulances and 1 EMS Battalion Captain, all under the direction of EMS Battalion Captain I Rick Watson, responded to a Fatal Traffic Collision on the Southbound 5 Freeway at Sunland in the Sun Valley area.

The first arriving Fire resource found a late model Scion with severe front end damage. The 17 year old driver and one of two passengers were transported to area hospitals in moderate to serious condition.

The 17 year old second passenger died at the scene from massive injuries. Reports from the scene indicated that the teen driver was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the car and slammed head on into the tree located on the right side of the freeway.

Reports also indicated, unfortunately none of the occupants of the vehicle appeared to have been wearing seatbelts.

Fire personnel remained on scene to assist the Coroner with body retrieval. The circumstances pertaining to the traffic collision will be pending an active investigation of the CHP.