News Release
On July 3, 2023, at 10:30 am, the Oxnard Police Department was advised that the female passenger involved in the previously reported single vehicle traffic collision had succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The victim’s name is being withheld until notification to family has been made. The driver, identified as Jose Romero, a 38 year-old, Oxnard resident, remains in critical condition.
On July 3, 2023, at approximately 1:54 a.m., officers from the Oxnard Police Department responded to a call for service of an injury traffic collision involving a single vehicle at the intersection of Ventura Road and Ivywood Drive.
Upon arrival, officers located a 1998 Ford Escort sedan that collided into an electrical pole on Ventura Road south of Devonshire Drive. The driver, later identified as Jose Romero, and the front passenger, a 38 year-old female, were both ejected from the vehicle. They were both located and were transported by EMS to VCMC and are both in critical condition.
The preliminary investigation revealed that the driver, Jose Romero, was travelling southbound on Ventura Road approaching Ivywood Drive at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his vehicle and collided with the electrical pole. Traffic Investigators are currently investigating the cause of the traffic collision.
Investigators believe speed/reckless driving were contributing factors to the collision and continue to investigate other possible contributing factors such as alcohol. Witnesses, or anyone with information regarding this collision, are urged to contact Traffic Investigator Jay Benson at (805) 385-7500 or via email at [email protected].
If the inquiry is outside of the Investigator’s standard business hours, we encourage the use of the Investigator’s email.
We have found that an email message with a callback request is a more effective way to reach the Investigator. Our watch commanders will continue to speak to those incidents that center around field operations, and still can be reached at (805) 385-7746 or (805) 385-7778.
