Oxnard Woman, Man Killed in Separate Traffic Accidents
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Two Oxnard residents died Wednesday in separate accidents, one of them following a police chase, authorities said Thursday.
Nancy Becerra, 33, died when her BMW was broadsided by a pickup truck that had run a red light, authorities said.
Becerra, a longtime receptionist for Gold Coast Broadcasting, was killed about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday when her vehicle was struck at 3rd Street and Garfield Avenue in Oxnard.
Truck driver Mark Torres, 32, of Oxnard suffered moderate injuries and remained in stable condition Thursday.
No charges had been filed by Thursday and the crash remained under investigation.
In the second accident, Michael Koslosky, 38, died at an Oxnard hospital after suffering major head injuries when he crashed his motorcycle during a police chase.
Koslosky was involved in an accident about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of East Pleasant Valley Road. When a police officer arrived, Koslosky got back on his motorcycle and sped off.
The officer pursued Koslosky, who authorities said was driving at unsafe speeds and committing other vehicle infractions before striking the back of a car near the intersection of Ventura and Pearson roads in Port Hueneme.
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