Crime & Safety
Person Ejected From Vehicle, Killed In 55 Freeway Crash: CHP
The crash involved three vehicles and happened at 11:04 p.m. Monday, authorities say.
ORANGE, CA — A person was killed in a crash on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway, authorities said Tuesday.
The three-car crash was reported at 11:04 p.m. Monday on the southbound Costa Mesa Freeway just north of the Garden Grove (22) Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A witness told the CHP a black SUV was on its side and that a person was lying in the slow lane, possibly having been ejected from the vehicle.
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The CHP temporarily shut down all southbound lanes except the HOV and fast lane and the lanes were reopened by 2 a.m.
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