East Los Angeles — One of the two people were killed in a rollover crash on the Pomona (60) Freeway in East Los Angeles was publicly identified Monday.
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California Highway Patrol officers responded at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to the westbound freeway and the Long Beach (710) freeway exchange where they found one person had been ejected from the vehicle after the single-car crash, a CHP spokesman told City News Service.
The victim who was ejected was pronounced dead at the scene by Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel.
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Itziar Ramirez, 18, died from multiple blunt force traumatic injuries in the accident, according to the Medical Examiner’s office. Ramirez’s city of residence was not provided.
A second victim died while en route to a hospital, the CHP reported. That person’s name, age and gender were not yet released.
The CHP issued a SigAlert that closed several lanes of the westbound freeway for approximately 3 1/2 hours while they investigated the circumstances of the crash.
The CHP issued a SigAlert that closed several lanes of the westbound freeway for approximately 3 1/2 hours while they investigated the circumstances of the crash. The freeway reopened at around 9 p.m., KTLA reported.
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