Flood channel crash a suicide, Buena Park police say
A woman apparently committed suicide today by driving her car into a flood control channel in Buena Park, police said.
Police responded to the crash near Artesia Boulevard and Regio Avenue around 6:20 a.m., said Buena Park Police Lt. Robin Sells.
A witness said the woman drove through a chain-link fence and into the channel, Sells said. She was alone in the car and no other injuries were reported, Sells said.
Evidence at the scene showed that the woman, who has not been identified, was trying to kill herself in the crash, police said.
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