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Two Rancho Santa Margarita residents have been killed in a multi-vehicle crash on I-5 in Irvine that also injured five other people, according to a news report.

The California Highway Patrol said that five vehicles were involved in the deadly crash that killed Andrew Hays, 52, and Sherry Butler, 46, both of Rancho Santa Margarita.   The multi-vehicle crash was triggered when a Mitsubishi Mirage crossed three lanes of traffic and crashed into a center divider.  The driver of a silver Acura, identified as a 19-year-old Paramount woman, stopped to help a 26-year-old San Diego man in the disabled Mitisubishi that was sitting in the carpool lane.

Shortly afterwards, a Toyota Camry carrying Hays and Butler hit the Mirage, veered into the right lanes of the freeway and struck a Nissan Altima.   The force of that crash sent the Camry back across the highway and into a Chevrolet Astro van.  Both Hays and Butler were pronounced dead at the scene.

Four people were taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, three with traumatic injuries and one with minor injuries.  A fifth person was treated at the scene.

If you or a loved one is involved in an accident that causes death or serious injury, call the Orange County personal injury attorneys at Callahan & Blaine, California’s Premier Litigation Firm.  We are one of the leading catastrophic Orange County personal injury law firms. In fact, in the last five years alone our lawyers have obtained over $1.5 billion in verdicts and settlements, including a record breaking $50 Million settlement against the City of Dana Point, which has been certified as the largest personal injury settlement in the history of the United States.

Callahan & Blaine also has numerous other record-breaking verdicts and settlement in Orange County, including the largest jury verdict in the history of Orange County ($934 Million), the largest class action settlement ($38 Million), the largest insurance bad faith judgment ($58 Million) and the largest employment law settlement ($38 Million).  Callahan & Blaine also has recent personal injury settlements of $28 Million for a driver who was hit by a runaway truck wheel on the freeway,  $17 Million for a bicycle accident on Pacific Coast Highway,  $7.25 Million for a bus accident, $7 Million for a bicyclist who was struck by a delivery truck, and $6 Million for a bicyclist struck by an airport shuttle bus.

If you or someone you know has suffered a catastrophic injury or died as the result of an accident, please contact our Orange County law firm for expert legal counsel.