[10-24-2022] Los Angeles County, CA – One Person Killed in Two-Vehicle Collision in North Hollywood Area

According to the authorities, a person was killed in a two-vehicle crash on a freeway transition road in the North Hollywood Area in LA Monday, October 24, 2022.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash was reported shortly after 6:00 a.m. In the transition zone between the Hollywood 170 Freeway and the Ventura 134 Freeway, southbound.

Information was not immediately available on the identity of the fatally injured person.

The transition road was closed until about 8:00 a.m. while an investigation was conducted into the circumstances of the crash.

There are no other details available as of the moment.

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