Man killed in De Luz crash ID'd as 45-year-old Santa Clarita man

DE LUZ (CNS) - A 45-year-old Santa Clarita man was killed when the flatbed he was driving veered off a rural road north of Fallbrook and plunged about 50 feet down a steep embankment, authorities said today.

The crash in the 3400 block of W. Sandia Creek Drive in De Luz was reported shortly before 12:55 p.m. Thursday, California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Latulippe said.

The 45-year-old man was driving a 2009 Ford flat bed commercial vehicle southbound down a steep road when he lost control of the truck at a curve, Latulippe said.

The truck slid left across the northbound lane and rolled down...