Traffic & Transit
Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Head-On Crash On 605 Freeway
A sedan collided with a truck, ejecting the driver and prompting a SigAlert on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway Saturday night.
CERRITOS, CA — A wrong-way driver was killed in a crash on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway Saturday night in Cerritos, triggering a SigAlert, according to the California Highway Patrol.
According to the CHP, the driver of a black sedan heading northbound on the southbound side of the freeway slammed head-on into a silver pickup truck. The wrong-way driver was ejected "through the windshield," according to the CHP. hE died at the scene.
The crash was reported shortly before 6:30 p.m. on the southbound 605 Freeway just north of Alondra Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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Authorities did not report on the status of the second driver.
The CHP issued a SigAlert at 6:42 p.m. shutting down southbound lanes 4 and 5 and the Alondra off-ramp. The SigAlert was canceled at 9:28 p.m.
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City News Service. Patch staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.
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