1 Dead In 5-Vehicle Crash In LA County

SOUTH GATE, CA — A motorist was killed and at least one person was rushed to a hospital from a five-vehicle crash Sunday morning in South Gate, authorities said.

Officers were dispatched at 2:38 a.m. Sunday to the crash at East Imperial Highway and South Garfield Avenue, according to a watch commander at the South Gate Police Department.

A motorist was pronounced dead at the scene, he said.

Firefighters and paramedics dispatched to the location at 2:41 a.m. rushed one person to a hospital, according to a spokesperson with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The condition of that person was not immediately known.

No arrests were made in connection with the crash, the watch commander at the South Gate Police Department said.

— City News Service