October 4, 2011-According to reports two women were killed in a collision with a teen driver suspected of driving under the influence. According to Anaheim Police Sgt. Rick Martinez the accident occurred at approximately 4:00 a.m. in the 1600 block of Harbor Boulevard in the vicinity of Disneyland on Saturday.

The two women reported to be homeless were in a cross walk, according to police reports on Monday, when they were struck. The women were on the eastside of Harbor Boulevard at the time they were struck by a Chevrolet Astro van that was traveling southbound on Harbor Boulevard.

According to Sgt. Martinez one of the women was thrown into the southbound lanes of traffic, a distance from where she was struck and the other woman was thrown into the left-turn lane in the northbound lanes.

According to the personal injury attorneys at Ehline Law Firm PC, Witnesses stated that there were more people in the Astro van than then the police arrived and found only the driver after the van had struck the center divider. One of the women has been identified as Hengameh Saghafi, age 56 and the other woman’s identity has not been released until her next of kin has been notified.

The driver of the Astro van was arrested and booked in the Orange County Juvenile Hall. The teen was charged with suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, causing a collision and vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.

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