Last Updated on January 17, 2023 by C-CAR
INDUSTRY >> A Baldwin Park man and an Ontario woman died early Saturday when the car they were passengers in veered off the roadway and struck a tree along the 60 Freeway in an unincorporated county area near Industry, authorities said.
Paramedics pronounced the 49-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman dead at the scene, officials said. Their names were not released pending notification of family members, according to Lt. David Smith of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner.
A 24-year-old Ontario man who was driving the car and an Ontario woman also riding as a passenger suffered major injuries in the 2:40 a.m. crash on the eastbound 60 Freeway, just west of the 605 Freeway, Officer T. Kinzler of the California Highway Patrol’s East Los Angeles office said in a written statement.
The 2006 Scion TC was traveling at high speed prior to the crash, Kinzler said.
“For unknown reasons, (the driver) lost control of the vehicle and traveled in a southerly direction across all lanes,” the officer said. “The vehicle traveled into the dirt gore point and collided with a tree.”
Any witnesses to the crash can reach the CHP’s East Los Angeles Office at 323-980-4600.
