Crime & Safety

Fatal Accident Ties Up 605

Truck veers off freeway into a tree, killing one and critically injuring another.

A Chevy pickup carrying two construction workers veered off the south 605 Freeway on Sunday evening, hitting a tree and catching fire, killing one person and critically injuring another, officials said.

The accident occurred about 6 p.m. near the Katella/Willow off-ramp, according to the California Highway Patrol.

One of the truck's occupants was pronounced dead at the scene; the other was taken to Long Beach Memorial Hospital, according to Capt. Marc Stone of the Orange County Fire Authority. Both had to be cut out of the truck.

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A SigAlert was issued a few minutes later and hazmat crews were called to investigate a lead vault labeled radioactive, Stone said. However, the container was later deemed safe, Stone said.


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