One killed in flatbed tow truck crash on 71 Freeway in Pomona

One person was killed and four people were hospitalized Monday morning in crash involving a flatbed tow truck and a minivan on the 71 Freeway in Pomona.

The crash was reported at 10 p.m. Sunday on the southbound 71 Freeway at Rio Rancho Road in a construction zone.

The crash involved a AAA tow truck carrying a car and at least one other vehicle. Details about the identity of the victim who was killed were not immediately available.

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Details about the conditions of the hospitalized victims were not immediately available.

Both sides of the freeway are expected to remain closed into Monday afternoon.

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