Five people were killed on the morning of June 26 and a sixth person was hospitalized when their car crashed into an attenuator on the Long Beach 710 Freeway and was struck by other vehicles, bursting into flames.
The crash was reported at 4:12 a.m. on the northbound Long Beach Freeway at the transition to the southbound Artesia 91 Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
Five people were confirmed dead in the car, CHP Officer Michael Nasir told City News Service. Information on their identities was not immediately available. A sixth person who was in the vehicle was taken to a hospital for treatment of major injuries, the highway patrol reported….