A female juvenile was killed Thursday when a car struck her at the intersection of Rose Avenue and Gonzales Road in Oxnard, according to police. Officers shut down several roads near the scene as they worked to piece together what happened.
The fatal collision between a car and a pedestrian was reported Thursday, according to the Ventura County Star. Oxnard police responded to the crash and confirmed that a female juvenile died in the collision, per the same report.
Roads Closed Near the Scene
Area roads near the crash site were closed for the traffic investigation, the outlet reported. The closures affected drivers moving through the busy intersection as investigators worked the scene.
A separate traffic advisory attributed to the Oxnard Police Department stated that officers were on the scene of a serious traffic collision and that motorists should avoid the area of Rose Avenue and Gonzales Road, noting several road closures were in place until the investigation was complete.
A Painful Echo at the Same Intersection
This is not the first fatal crash at Rose Avenue and Gonzales Road. A two-vehicle crash at the same intersection in July 2021 killed a 13-year-old girl and sent her mother and brother to the hospital, according to a report the Ventura County Star published at the time. That earlier crash involved two vehicles, a different circumstance than Thursday’s car-and-pedestrian collision, and it offers no information about what caused this latest tragedy.
Oxnard’s Local Road Safety Plan, adopted Jan. 17, 2023, identifies Gonzales Road from Victoria Avenue to Rose Avenue as one of five city “hot spot corridors.” The designation is based on collision analysis and is corridor-wide, not a finding about what caused either fatal crash at this intersection. The plan outlines roadway-design countermeasures as part of the city’s effort to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries.
Oxnard has also seen other recent pedestrian deaths among young people. In a separate case earlier this year, a 15-year-old identified as Maya Diaz Morales, of Oxnard, died after being struck by a vehicle, according to a Ventura County Star report. That case is unrelated to Thursday’s crash at Rose Avenue and Gonzales Road.
A pedestrian was also seriously injured in a separate crash near Rose Avenue and Gonzales Road on March 2, 2025. In a police account of that collision, the pedestrian was described as an adult man, and investigators said a vehicle struck him while he was crossing outside a marked crosswalk. Police said speed and impairment did not appear to contribute in that case; it was a separate incident and does not establish what happened in Thursday’s crash.
The details of Thursday’s crash, including the identity of the victim, the vehicle and driver involved, and the exact sequence of events, had not been released as of this report. Hoodline will update this story as police release more information.
