California

Six-Car Pileup Kills One, Injures Six on 60 Freeway

All westbound lanes were closed.

One person was killed Friday in a six-vehicle crash on the Pomona (60) Freeway in Boyle Heights, authorities said.

The crash was reported at 4:17 p.m. on the westbound side of the freeway at Lorena Street, California Highway Patrol Officer Alex Rubio said.

One person died and six people were taken to hospitals, Shawn Lenske of the Los Angeles Fire Department said, but no information was available about their genders, ages and conditions.

Initial reports from the scene indicated one of the vehicles was a big rig, Rubio said.

All westbound lanes of the freeway were closed after the crash and a SigAlert was issued, he said.

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