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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A two-vehicle crash in the Lake Balboa area Tuesday left one person dead and another critically injured, authorities said.
Paramedics were sent to the 17300 block of West Saticoy Street at 9:42 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Information was not immediately available on the identity of the fatally injured person, who died at the scene. A woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition, the LAFD reported.
According to the LAFD, a car and a pickup truck collided, and the truck struck a tree and a commercial building, damaging a natural gas meter. LAFD crews stopped a natural gas leak, and there was no fire.
SoCalGas crews were sent to the scene, along with building and health inspectors. A restaurant was damaged, and a health inspection will be required, the LAFD reported.
"The pickup that struck the building was from a commercial pest control firm," an LAFD statement said.
"Because the forceful collision(s) caused that truck's cargo of commercial pesticide containers to be ejected alongside the roadway and building, an LAFD Hazardous Materials Squad has been summoned per protocol to survey the scene and assure no actual pesticide product has been spilled," the LAFD said.
No one at the scene had any medical complaints, and there was no formal evacuation, the LAFD reported. Traffic was routed away from the area while an investigation was conducted.