Last Updated on January 18, 2023 by C-CAR
POMONA >> A motorcycle passenger was killed in a crash on the 57 Freeway on Sunday, authorities said.
The crash, which happened about 1:40 p.m. on the southbound side of the freeway at the junction with the westbound 10 Freeway, also injured the motorcycle operator, who was airlifted from the scene, according to authorities.
The passenger, who was not immediately identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash closed all southbound lanes of the freeway for about an hour, after which a single lane was reopened. All lanes were reopened just after 4 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
It was the second time in as many days that a motorcycle passenger was killed in a crash on a Los Angeles area freeway.
A 19-year-old Los Angeles woman died when the motorcycle on which she was a passenger crashed into other vehicles while splitting lanes on the northbound 5 Freeway approaching Garfield Avenue, according to the CHP.
That crash, which closed three northbound lanes of the 5 freeway for about four hours, happened just about the same time of day as Sunday’s fatal wreck.
