STANTON, Calif. (KABC) -- One person is dead and another is in critical condition after a head-on crash involving a street sweeper in Stanton early Friday morning.
The street sweeper and a small car crashed head-on near Cerritos and Knott avenues at about 2:30 a.m., according to William Mattern of the Orange County Fire Authority.
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The driver of the smaller vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver of the street sweeper was transported to UCI Medical Center as a critical trauma patient, Mattern said.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department was investigating the cause of the crash.
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Meantime, Cerritos Avenue was closed between Knott and Western avenues until further notice.