LOS ANGELES, CA – A wrong-way crash on State Route 110 in downtown Los Angeles left two people dead and three others hospitalized on Tuesday morning.
According to ABC 7, the accident occurred just south of the West 9th Street exit shortly before 9 a.m.
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California Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Lane said a Lexus SUV was traveling the wrong-way in the northbound lanes of the freeway before crashing into a Toyota Corolla head-on.
Multiple northbound lanes were closed while emergency crews responded to the scene.
Two motorists in the Toyota, a 30-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman, were killed in the collision.
Three others were injured, including another man and woman, as well as a 2-year-old child. They were all transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Authorities believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the accident.
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