Three Dead after Big-Rig Collision on Sunset Boulevard

ARVIN, CA (September 14, 2022) – Friday night, Martha Alicia Flores, Monte Harold Johnson and Carlos Cruz Serna were killed in a car accident.

The crash happened just after 10:00 p.m., at the intersection of Malaga Road and Sunset Boulevard.

Per reports, the driver of a blue 2017 tractor-trailer failed to stop at the posted stop sign. As a result, the semi-truck broadsided the driver’s side of a 1997 Honda.

Medical personnel arrived and pronounced three occupants inside the Honda dead at the scene. The Coroner’s office later identified two of the deceased victims as 48-year-old Flores, of Arvin and 65-year-old Johnson, of Arvin.

Those with further information are encouraged to contact officers as soon as possible.


No words can mend the broken hearts and sorrow felt during this delicate moment. The team at Sweet James offers their deepest condolences and sympathies to the family and friends of Martha Alicia Flores, Monte Harold Johnson, and Carlos Cruz Serna.


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