Two Fatal Accidents in Santa Clarita Over Weekend

Rick Patterson

Attorney

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According to California Highway Patrol, two men were killed in two separate car crashes in the Santa Clarita Valley late Friday and early Saturday.

On Saturday at 3:50 a.m., 55-year-old Robert Doyle, of Saugus, allegedly fell asleep at the wheel and veered his 2003 Ford into the northbound lane of Bouquet Canyon Road just north of Shadow Valley Lane.

Doyle’s Ford collided with another Ford killing the driver, Douglas Albert Rawson, also of Saugus, according to Lt. Brian Elias of Los Angeles County Coroner’s Department. Rawson was not wearing a seatbelt.

No arrest was made and an investigation was ongoing, said CHP Sgt. Rob Lund.

On Friday evening, two hikers discovered an upside down van near Lake Hughes Road and flagged down a passing driver, who called 911, Highway Patrol officials said.

L.A. County Fire rescue units responded and found the body of Francisco Diaz, 63, of South Gate, who had been partially ejected from his car. Diaz was not wearing a seatbelt, the CHP reported.

Diaz had been traveling westbound on Lake Hughes Road east of Ridge Route Road about 11 a.m. Friday when he lost control of his Chevrolet Astro minivan and drove off the road’s edge, according to a CHP news release.

Diaz was on the job at the time delivering payroll for Los Angeles County, said CHP Sgt. Rob Lund.

The cause of the crash was under investigation Saturday.