Woman Killed In Seal Beach Freeway Collision Identified

SEAL BEACH, CA — A Long Beach woman was killed and two men were injured Monday in a two-vehicle crash on the HOV connector road from the southbound San Gabriel River (605) Freeway to the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway in Seal Beach.

The crash was reported at 3:27 a.m., according to California Highway Patrol Officer J. Cerda.

The woman was southbound in the HOV lane on the 605 Freeway just south of Katella Avenue in her 2007 Nissan Murano. "For reasons still under investigation, the Nissan veered to the left into the center median, where it collided head-on with an attenuator barrier, causing the Nissan to come to rest facing wrong way within the HOV lane," Cerda said.

A 2015 Honda Accord driven by a Buena Park man crashed into the front of the Nissan, killing the woman at the wheel, the officer said.

Twenty-four-year-old Jakayah Lassiter was pronounced dead at the scene, Cerda said. Her name was released by the Orange County coroner's office.

The 70-year-old Buena Park man driving the Honda suffered multiple lacerations and the 32-year-old Huntington Beach man in the car suffered multiple fractures and lacerations. Both were taken to Long Beach Memorial Hospital by paramedics, the officer said.

City News Service