Deadly wrong-way crash shuts down freeway in downtown Los Angeles on Easter Sunday
Preliminary information from the California Highway Patrol indicates that officers were called to the westbound span of the 10 at Central Avenue for the wrong-way collision at 5:25 a.m.
A total of three vehicles were involved, CHP confirmed. One person was pronounced dead at the scene, and multiple other people were transported to nearby hospitals in unknown condition.
It was not immediately clear if impairment played a role in the fatal crash.
Video from the scene taken by KTLA photojournalist John Greenwood shows that traffic on the freeway had come to a complete standstill as crews began working to clear the scene. A CHP officer was seen directing traffic to turn around.
Both sides of the 10 Freeway are closed at Santa Fe Avenue indefinitely.
Alexis Lewis contributed to this report.
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