Three killed in Moorpark crash, authorities say

Three people died in a fiery single-vehicle crash in Moorpark late Friday night.

All three were males, although authorities did not have their ages or cities of residence as of Saturday afternoon. The three were the only people in the vehicle.

The accident was reported around midnight in the 200 block of Poindexter Avenue, across from Chaparral Middle School.

The initial call was a report of a tree on fire, said Ventura County Fire Capt. Brian McGrath. When firefighters arrived, they found a vehicle had gone off the road and had caught fire after crashing into a tree.

Ventura County Sheriff's deputies were called to the scene around 12:15 a.m. Crews ultimately determined three people were dead in the car, said Ventura County Sheriff's Capt. John Wright. The sheriff's office provides police services in Moorpark.

By Saturday afternoon, sheriff's investigators had determined the vehicle was traveling eastbound on Poindexter at the time. They did not know what caused the crash.

At the site of the crash Saturday, a Star photographer saw more than a dozen people gathered at the crash site. Some placed flowers at the base of a large pepper tree that shaded a patch of blackened dirt.