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Driver, 54, Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash Near Santa Clarita Identified

SANTA CLARITA (CBS) — A man killed in a single-vehicle crash north of Santa Clarita was identified Monday as 54-year-old Robert James Soukup.

The fatal crash occurred at 29889 San Francisquito Canyon Road at 12:38 p.m. Sunday, said CHP Officer Krystal Carter.

Soukup, a resident of Castaic, was ejected from a white pickup truck when it went over the side of the road, Carter said.

Soukup was the lone occupant of the vehicle, Carter said.

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