One Dead, 2 Critically Injured in Multi-Vehicle Crash on 10 Freeway in LA

One Dead, 2 Critically Injured in Multi-Vehicle Crash on 10 Freeway in LA
A California Highway Patrol vehicle in Orange, Calif., on May 22, 2021. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
City News Service
1/21/2023
Updated:
1/21/2023
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LOS ANGELES—A person was killed and two other people suffered critical injuries Jan. 21 in a crash involving at least five vehicles on the Santa Monica (10) Freeway in the Mid-City area of Los Angeles, authorities said.

The crash occurred at about 5:40 a.m. Saturday on the eastbound freeway at Crenshaw Boulevard, where two vehicles overturned, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Firefighters and paramedics dispatched to the location reported one person dead at the scene. Paramedics rushed two people to a hospital, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.

A Sigalert issued at 6:01 a.m. closing the No. 1, 2, and 3 lanes of the eastbound freeway was canceled at 9:28 a.m.