Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on the 210 Freeway in Los Angeles, California.
What Happened: A passenger vehicle allegedly hit the back of a tractor-trailer on the shoulder.
Participants:
- Driver of passenger vehicle
- Passenger in vehicle
- Driver of tractor-trailer
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Driver of passenger vehicle, killed
- Passenger in vehicle, killed
Details:
On or about Monday, May 16th, 2022, sometime in the afternoon hours, an accident between a passenger vehicle and a tractor-trailer left two individuals dead. Troopers from the CHP said the accident was reported along the 210 Freeway in Los Angeles, California.
Spokespeople from the California Highway Patrol said two as-of-yet unidentified individuals were killed when the vehicle they were in allegedly struck the back of a tractor-trailer on the shoulder of the 210 Freeway. Paramedics pronounced two people in the passenger vehicle dead of their injuries a short time after they responded to the scene of the accident.
According to Google Maps, the scene of the collision is in the Sunland-Tujunga area.
Multiple agencies assisted at the scene of the crash.