19-year-old CSUN student killed in Northridge crash

NORTHRIDGE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A 19-year-old Cal State Northridge student was picking up food as a favor for her fellow sorority sister, when she was killed in a crash at a Northridge intersection early Sunday morning.

Authorities received a call around 3:30 a.m. on reports of a traffic collision. A 2005 Honda Civic was traveling eastbound on Roscoe Boulevard when it crashed into the driver's side door of a 2005 Ford Mustang heading northbound on Lindley Avenue.

Desirae Crittenden, of Northridge, 19, who had borrowed her friend's Ford Mustang, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators said she took the brunt of the impact. Her friend was rushed to a hospital.

Inside the Honda, four passengers, all between the age of 18 and 21, were taken to the hospital, including one who was in critical condition. The driver, identified as a 21-year-old man, was later arrested on suspicion of felony DUI.

"We were in shock. We couldn't believe it. We were at the store and my son went crazy," said Delmy Bonilla, the mother of Crittenden's boyfriend.

The intersection was shut down for several hours as part of the investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call the LAPD Valley Traffic Division at (818) 644-8000.