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An officer signs paperwork for an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy coroner after one person was fatally injured in a crash shortly after 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday near Euclid Street and Warner Avenue in Fountain Valley, one person was also taken to a hospital. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Police crime-scene tape is placed on a hydrant where one person was fatally injured in a crash in Fountain Valley. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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An officer picks up medical waste where one person died in a crash in Fountain Valley early Tuesday morning. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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An officer removes crime-scent tape as an investigation wraps up where one person died in a crash early Tuesday morning. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
One person died and another was injured Tuesday morning, Dec. 26, in a car crash in Fountain Valley, police said.
The crash happened shortly after 5:30 a.m. near Euclid Street and Warner Avenue and one person was taken to a hospital, according to Metronet, a fire dispatch service.
Investigators on scene confirmed that one person had died and another was hospitalized.
Details about the crash or condition of the surviving victim were not immediately available. A coroner van was seen at the crash site.
Investigators were still on scene shortly before 8 a.m. and had closed part of the intersection.