An unidentified man has been killed when his car was broadsided by another vehicle that ran a red light in Santa Ana, according to a news report.
Santa Ana police said that the victim was in a Ford Mustang traveling east on West 1st Street when he was broadsided by a Mercedes that ran a red light at the intersection of North Bristol Street and West 1st Street. He was trapped in the car and died before OCFA firefighters could cut him out of the wreckage.
Witnesses reported seeing two men run from the Mercedes following the crash. One man was found lying on the grass next to the wreck and was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange for treatment of minor injuries. Another man was taken to Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana with minor cuts and a broken leg.
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