Crime & Safety

1 Dead When Speeding SUV Veers Into Closed Lanes Of 405 Freeway: Report

A Subaru SUV veered into closed lanes on the southbound 405 Freeway, hitting a Caltrans truck and killing a passenger.

IRVINE, CA — One person died and another was injured when a speeding Subaru veered into closed lanes on the southbound 405 Freeway in Irvine on Thursday night, The Orange County Register reported.

The incident was reported on the night of Thursday, Jan. 30, when a 26-year-old Norwalk man hit a concrete wall on the southbound side of the freeway in Irvine before hitting a Caltrans construction truck.

A passenger in the Subaru died as a result of the crash. Their identity was not immediately known.

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