(L.A.) Daisy Cruz Torres, 14, Died in a Two-Vehicle Crash

Case Number: 2022-12564

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 14-year-old female of Latin American ethnicity that occurred at an intersection.

The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Daisy Cruz Torres.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Blunt Force Injuries

RIP DAISY CRUZ TORRES (September 2, 2008 – December 3, 2022)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 4:37 p.m.

The decedent was fatally injured when the off-road vehicle she was riding in overturned after colliding with a car in the Antelope Valley area.

The fatal incident happened at around 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, near 165th Street East and Avenue V.

Torres was a passenger in a 2021 Polaris RZR that was traveling westbound on an unincorporated dirt road, east of 165th Street East, when the Polaris collided with a 2016 Honda Civic that was traveling northbound on 165th Street East.

The girl was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Polaris — 23-year-old Carlos Cruz Torres of Palmdale — sustained major injuries and was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital. Two other passengers in the Polaris — 20-year-old Christa Smith and a 17-year-old girl, both from Palmdale — also sustained major injuries and were transported to Antelope Valley Hospital. The Honda Civic’s driver, 31-year-old Percy Noe Jr. Yancor of California City, sustained moderate injuries in the crash.