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Two Men Killed In Traffic Accident In Ventura County Identified

Authorities have now identified two Ventura County men who died in a traffic accident which also left two others injured in the Conejo Valley.

A car was westbound on Hillcrest Drive near Rancho Road in Thousand Oaks at around six Thursday night when the driver hit the curb. It swerved into oncoming traffic, smashing into an eastbound SUV. Arturo Araujo and Gustavo Lopez of Thousand Oaks were pronounced dead at the scene.

The two people in the SUV were taken to a hospital. The crash is still under investigation.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. 
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