Driver killed on 710 Freeway in Long Beach
By Josh Cain | jcain@scng.com | Los Angeles Daily News
PUBLISHED: July 21, 2019 at 8:47 am | UPDATED: July 21, 2019 at 2:21 pm
A man died after his car slammed into a wall, overturned, then burst into flames on the 710 Freeway in Long Beach early Sunday morning.
The crash occurred a little before 6 a.m. on the northbound side of the 710 where it passes under the 91 Freeway.
Long Beach fire fighters responded and tried to free the trapped driver, but he was dead, officials said.
Early this morning, .@lbfirefighters responded to the NB 710 Fwy, under the 91 Fwy. overpass for a traffic accident with a trapped victim & vehicle fire. 1 male pt. is deceased. No other injuries or vehicles involved. CHP investigating. Several lanes of the NB 710 Fwy. impacted. pic.twitter.com/4QG0f7gAmy
— Long Beach Fire (CA) (@LBFD) July 21, 2019
CHP Officer Moises Marroquin said the overturned car was the only vehicle involved in the crash. It's not clear yet how the driver lost control.
As a result of the crash, CHP issued a SigAlert at 6:05 a.m. All lanes of the transition road, except the Nos. 1 and 2 lanes, were closed for about two and a half hours.
The crash victim was not identified Sunday, pending a coroner's office investigation.
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Joshua Cain is a crime and public safety reporter for the Southern California News Group, based at the L.A. Daily News in Woodland Hills. He has worked for SCNG since 2016, previously as a digital news editor in the San Gabriel Valley, helping cover breaking news, crime and local politics.
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