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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl were killed in a three-vehicle crash in the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles that left eight other people injured, authorities said Sunday.
The boy was identified as Magnus Robinson, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office website. A spokesperson at the agency could not be reached to determine Robinson's place of residence.
The crash was reported at 5:35 p.m. Saturday at 11001 N. Reseda Blvd., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department's Brian Humphrey. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.
Robinson, who was trapped inside wreckage, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
Paramedics rushed the 14-year-old girl to Dignity Health-Northridge Hospital Medical Center, where she later died, according to a watch commander at the LAPD's Valley Traffic Division
Ambulances rushed nine patients to trauma centers, with five in critical condition and three in fair condition. The survivors of the crash were seven adults and one minor.