Crime & Safety
Wrong-Way 10 Freeway Crash Kills Teen, Injures 3 Others: CHP
A teenager was killed and three other people were injured in an early-morning wrong-way crash on the 10 Freeway Sunday, police said.
LOS ANGELES, CA — A woman driving a 2024 Tesla was arrested for allegedly driving the wrong way on the Santa Monica (10) Freeway Sunday and triggering a crash that killed a motorist and left her and two others with major injuries.
The woman, a 51-year-old Los Angeles resident, suffered major injuries in the 1:50 a.m. Sunday crash on the westbound freeway at Overland Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A 19-year-old man driving a 2016 Toyota was trapped in the wreckage and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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He was identified by the Medical Examiner's Office as Jefferson Coreas- Lazo. He and his two occupants, a 13-year-boy and a 15-year-old girl, suffered major injuries. They are residents of Maywood, according to the CHP.
The Tesla was eastbound in the westbound lanes and struck the Toyota head-on, according to the CHP.
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A third vehicle, a 2020 Infiniti, sustained minor damage from debris in the roadway and the driver in that car, a 19-year- old man, drove away.
A Sigalert issued at 2:04 a.m., closing all westbound lanes at Overland was canceled at 7:24 a.m.
The CHP's West Los Angeles office urged anyone with information regarding the crash to call them at 310-343-0512 or, after business hours, the Los Angeles Traffic Management Center at 323-259-3200.
