Crime & Safety

2 Women Killed, 3 Others Injured on 110 Freeway Crash

A sedan hits a chain-link fence and tree on the northbound Arroyo Seco parkway at Avenue 52.

Two women were killed and three other women were seriously injured when a car hit a chain-link fence and a tree on the Arroyo Seco parkway early Sunday.

Five women were in the 2011 Nissan Sentra that crashed while on the northbound freeway at Avenue 52 at about 1:30 a.m., said Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Main.

Firefighters cut into the car to remove the women, and three were transported to hospitals, Main said.

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Two passengers, Ana Cuadra, 22, and Blanca Belman, 23, were killed in the crash, said Coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie.

The driver, a 23-year-old San Gabriel woman, was transported to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in serious condition, according to the California Highway Patrol.

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She has since been charged with suspicion of drunken driving, CHP officer Antonio Polizzi said. Her name was not disclosed.

Paramedics also rushed two 23-year-old women to Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena in serious condition, according to the CHP.

The CHP issued a SigAlert closing the northbound freeway at Avenue 43 for the rescue and investigation, said Officer Alex Rubio in the Traffic Management Center.

The freeway reopened shortly after 5:30 a.m.

— City News Service


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