[09-14-2022] Los Angeles County, CA – Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash in Monterey Park Kills One Man

An unidentified person died after a two-vehicle collision on the 60 Freeway in Monterey Park early on Wednesday morning, September 14, 2022.

The traffic accident occurred just before 12:02 a.m. on the westbound 60 Freeway, close to the Greenwood Avenue overpass.

Two vehicles appeared to be involved in the collision, one of which caught fire.

The California Highway Patrol discovered an unresponsive victim and not breathing in the #1 lane. An investigation is being conducted by the CHP East Los Angeles Division.

Montebello Fire Department released the raging car fire that arrived on the scene.

The condition of the male collision victim who was transported to a nearby hospital by Monterey Park Fire paramedics is unknown.

The CHP closed all but one lane of the westbound 60 at the scene of the accident for an unknown amount of time.

East Los Angeles CHP Sgt. Herrarte claimed there were two vehicles, two parties, and one party was standing outside his disabled vehicle in the #2 lane when it was struck by a car that was also in that lane.

According to Herrarte, the victim, a 30-year-old Hispanic male, was declared dead at the scene.

Herrarte claimed that the car that the person was standing next to on the freeway was not the one that was on fire.

Herrarte identified the driver of that car as a Hispanic man who was about 38 years old, unharmed but shaken.

The CHP is still investigating the crash.

Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash Statistics

The most common cause of injury in the United States is a car accident. Two million people each year die or are injured as a result of automobile collisions.

In the United States, one car accident occurs approximately every sixty seconds. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more than 3,300 people were killed in car accidents in California last year.

The National Safety Council estimates that car accidents are to blame for 11% of all fatalities. Car accidents in California resulted in 276,823 injuries and 3,898 deaths in 2019. There has been a 23.5% increase in traffic accidents since 2013.

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Despite the COVID outbreak, the city of Los Angeles had a 2020 population of 7.8 million people. According to data from the Los Angeles Police Department, a total of 1,465 people were severely injured in 2020 traffic accidents, and 289 people were killed.

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