According to the California Highway Patrol, the incident occurred around 2:33 a.m. on May 23 in the eastbound lanes of the freeway at the Paramount Boulevard exit.
Montebello, CA – One person died, and another was injured in a two-vehicle collision that happened early Saturday morning on the Pomona (60) Freeway in Montebello.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the incident occurred around 2:33 a.m. on May 23 in the eastbound lanes of the freeway at the Paramount Boulevard exit.
A black sedan and another car were involved in the collision. The sedan slammed into a freeway wall in the collision.
California Highway Patrol officers and other emergency personnel found one victim in the middle lanes of the freeway. The second victim was found trapped inside the sedan.
Montebello Fire Department firefighters freed the trapped victim and transported them to a hospital in unknown condition.
Another person was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the collision was not immediately established.
Investigators closed all eastbound lanes of the freeway at the Paramount Boulevard exit for about three hours.