SAUGUS – Investigators are trying to determine if video showing a 20-year-old driver steering an SUV with his feet was taken just before a head-on collision with a car in Saugus that injured both drivers and three passengers in the SUV.
The crash occurred about 10:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, on Bouquet Canyon Road north of David Way, according to a news release from the Sheriffs Information Bureau.
The SUV driver, a 20-year-old Castaic man, was driving south on Bouquet Canyon Road along with two men and a woman, all between 22 and 24 years old, when the vehicle collided with a sedan driven by a 28-year-old Agua Dulce woman, the sheriff’s department reported.
The drivers and passengers suffered moderate to severe injuries and all were hospitalized.
“Blood tests were administered to both drivers to determine if alcohol or drugs played a factor,” the news release states. “Investigators are awaiting the toxicology results of the tests.”
Detectives on Tuesday learned of the video, which was streamed on Snapchat by one of the passengers, according to the news release.
“The video allegedly depicts the driver steering the SUV with his feet,” the news release states. “Traffic detectives are conducting an active investigation into this incident to ascertain when the video was taken, in relation to the time of the collision.”
The video was not made available to the media. Anyone with information about the crash is encouraged to call 661-255- 1121, ext. 5111, to speak with sheriff’s Traffic Investigator Mark Cramer.
Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers by calling 800-222-TIPS(8477).
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Spreculous says
All the silly things people did when young was normal and in today’s society because of cell phones and app uploads all of society judges and makes people out as if they are horrible, heck… less than 35 years ago if a person crashed their car because they had to much to drink it was not a huge deal but now people would demand their head cut off…
Rusty Shackleford says
Snapchat and driving are a big thing and I will never understand it.
Y says
Praying for the speedy recovery of those injured an that “may you then hear from the heavens and act and judge your servants by pronouncing the wicked one guilty and bringing what he did on his own head, and by pronouncing the righteous one innocent and rewarding him according to his own righteousness.” 1 Kings 8:32
Laughing says
I am hoping the air bag punch to the balls took this driver out of the gene pool arena.
Tim Scott says
Physical evidence. They should be able to tell from his injuries whether his feet were on the steering wheel.