A Canyon Country street was the chaotic scene of separate incidents and back-to-back crashes, one of which was a deputy-involved collision that sent a deputy and a civilian to the hospital, according to first responders and a witness.   Sheriff’s deputies were patrolling the area near Ruether Avenue and Soledad Canyon Road Friday at approximately 10:24 a.m. when they conducted a traffic stop on a black Hyundai suspected to be a stolen vehicle, said Watch Sgt. Sherry Clark, a spokeswoman for the station.   A local resident who asked not to be identified said he was in the area at the time of the incident and witnessed three patrol vehicles pass him quickly.   The resident, who said he is an automotive mechanic and driving instructor, calculated all three patrol units were traveling as fast as 60 mph, “in the center lane kicking up all the smoke,” he said in an interview with The Signal.    Deputies did not engage in a pursuit, and after the responding units concluded their investigation, they determined the driver of the black Hyundai was in possession of a stolen license plate and not a stolen vehicle, Clark said.   The driver was only detained at the conclusion of the incident, Deputy Garrett Rifkin said during a followup phone call.   At approximately 11:03 a.m. on Reuther Avenue near Golden Triangle Road, personnel with the Los Angeles County Fire Department and sheriff’s deputies responded to a traffic collision, Rifkin stated.   As a sheriff’s patrol unit made its way to the scene of the crash, a deputy and a civilian vehicle collided on the 26000 block of Reuther Avenue in front of the Santa Clarita Auto Center, Rifkin said.    The civilian vehicle involved in a deputy involved collision on April 11, 2025 on Reuther Avenue. Courtesy photo of Stu Megaw. The deputy was traveling north toward Soledad Canyon Road when a Chevrolet HHR made a left turn and both vehicles crashed, Watch Sgt. Justin Boosalis said on Friday afternoon.   The civilian and deputy were initially transported to the hospital with minor injuries but since then the deputy has been released and no arrests were made as it was ruled an accident, he added. He could not provide information on the civilian’s well-being but stated the person complained of minor pain when the collision occurred.   The man who witnessed the first incident involving the car with the reportedly stolen plate was on his way back to his local business in the area when he heard the impact of both vehicles and walked to the scene of the crash where he saw a sheriff’s patrol unit with damage to the front and the Chevrolet HHR with damage to the passenger’s front side.   Deputies responded to the 26500 block of Ruether Avenue late Friday morning regarding a deputy-involved traffic collision on April 11, 2025. Habeba Mostafa/The Signal “The driver’s side of the squad car involved was sideswiped back from the front quarter panel back to the rear door. The citizen’s vehicle was impacted on the passenger side, front quarter panel to the passenger side door,” the man said.  In the deputy-involved collision, Fire Department personnel were dispatched at 11:11 a.m. and were on the scene five minutes later where one patient was transported, according to Kaitlyn Aldana, a spokeswoman with the L.A. County Fire Department.   Fire personnel were dispatched to the first traffic collision at 11:08 a.m. and were cancelled before arriving on the scene, she added.   Signal Staff Writer Kamryn Martell contributed to this report.   The post Deputy-involved crash among back-to-back incidents on Ruether  appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal. ...read more read less