Five people are killed in an early morning crash. John Cádiz Klemack reports for Today in LA on Monday June 26, 2023.
At least five people were killed Monday morning in a fiery one-car crash on the 710 Freeway in Long Beach.
One other person in the Hyundai Sonata was hospitalized with major injuries.
The crash was reported just after 4 a.m. near the 91 Freeway, where northbound lanes are blocked for the crash investigation. Details about what led to the crash were not immediately available.
The Los Angeles County coroner's office identified two of the people who died at the scene as George Dobbs and Ariahh Slemaker, both 15.
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"Our investigation, right now, indicates that only one vehicle was involved," said California Highway Patrol Officer Angelia Gonzales.
The car likely struck attenuators, rows of safety barrels designed to limit the force of impact, near a freeway exit.
The other three people's names were not immediately released.
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A sixth person in the vehicle was taken to a hospital in unknown condition for treatment of major injuries, the CHP reported.
The CHP issued a SigAlert shutting down all northbound lanes of the freeway in the crash zone for its investigation. The No. 1 freeway lane was reopened about 6 a.m., along with the transition road to the 91 Freeway, and the remaining lanes were reopened by about 8:30 a.m., the CHP reported.
It was unclear what caused the driver to crash, or if speed played a factor.
