Wrong-Way Driver Killed In 101 Freeway Crash

STUDIO CITY, CA - A 39-year-old wrong-way motorist was killed and another driver suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle, head-on crash today on the Ventura (101) Freeway in Studio City, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The crash took place about 4 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the 101 Freeway, just west of Tujunga Avenue, where the Ventura (134) Freeway turns into the 101 Freeway, according to CHP Officer Patrick Kimball.

The wrong-way motorist was traveling eastbound in the No. 1 lane of the westbound 101, the CHP reported. No information was released on what caused him to enter the wrong side of the freeway.

The motorist, who was a resident of Alhambra, died at the scene at 4:24 a.m., Kimball said. He had been driving a 1997 Honda.

The injured 27-year-old man, who was driving a 2015 Lexus, had to be extricated from his vehicle by city fire department paramedics and was transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with minor injuries, according to the fire department.

All westbound lanes were shut down by the CHP at the accident site and a SigAlert was declared about 4:10 a.m. The SigAlert was cancelled at 7:54 a.m.

City News Service