Two People Dead In Ventura Crash

Sunday January 08, 2023

     Ventura police say two people were killed in a solo vehicle crash into a building early Sunday morning.

     It happened at 12:13 AM in the 4200 block of Market Street near Donlon Street.

     Police say that the vehicle was traveling eastbound on Market at what appears to have been a high rate of speed when it left the roadway and crashed into a building on the westbound side of the street just east of Donlon.

     When firefighters and police arrived at the scene, they found the driver and a passenger in the vehicle.

     Ventura police say the two young men in the vehicle, the driver 21-year-old Antony Moctezuma, and a passenger 19-year-old Agustin De Paz, both from Ventura, were pronounced dead at the scene.

     Police say that a second passenger had serious but not life threatening injuries and was taken to VCMC for treatment.

     Anyone with information that might be able to help with the investigation into the incident is asked to call VPD Traffic Investigator Chris Wilson at 805-339-4366.