Information was not yet available at press time on whether or not Alfaro was wearing a belt safety device at the time of the mishap. Both westbound lanes and one eastbound lane of Highway 126 were closed for about two hours while the crash was being investigated.
Alfaro’s death was the fourth traffic fatality reported in Ventura County since Monday evening.
On Monday night a 23-year-old Thousand Oaks woman and 26-year-old Newbury Park man died when a vehicle they were passengers in failed to negotiate a turn, crashing into several pieces of construction equipment on Potrero Road near Newbury Park, officials said. The driver of the vehicle survived, as did a third passenger; the driver was arrested of suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Another person was killed Tuesday after a vehicle traveling along northbound Highway 101 north of Ventura went off the roadway and down a 60-foot embankment.
