Teen Faces Murder Charge In Woodland Hills Crash

WOODLAND HILLS, CA — The coroner's office Monday released the name of the man killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Woodland Hills allegedly triggered by a 17-year-old boy driving a black 2019 Mercedes-Benz C300 who was arrested on suspicion of murder.

Edgar Pineda, 51, lived in Panorama City, coroner's Investigator Kelli Blanchard said.

The teenager was westbound on Ventura Boulevard on Friday night when he failed to stop for a red light at Winnetka Avenue and hit the driver's-side door of a dark green Toyota Tacoma pickup, according to Officer Rosario Cervantes of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.

The Mercedes then veered into oncoming traffic, where it struck a blue Lexus and a silver Ford Expedition, Cervantes said.

Firefighters responded about 10 p.m. to the 20100 block of Ventura Boulevard near Winnetka Avenue and located four patients, including one pronounced dead at the scene, Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Two other patients were seriously injured and one suffered minor injuries, he said.

Pineda was driving the pickup truck. The teenage driver in the Mercedes and his passenger were taken to a hospital, where their conditions were not available, Cervantes said.

City News Service