A 69-year-old man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on the San Diego (405) Freeway in Long Beach Friday morning.
The crash was reported around 7:20 a.m. on the northbound San Diego Freeway at the Long Beach (710) Freeway, California Highway Patrol Officer Erik Larsen told City News Service.
Long Beach Fire Department paramedics performed CPR on the patient, but he was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:51 a.m., Larsen said.
He was later identified by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner as Mark Cassidy.
A SigAlert was issued at 7:56 a.m., shutting down the HOV lane and lanes 1 and 2. It was canceled at about 11:10 a.m.