A four-mile stretch of the 405 freeway was named after Seal Beach native Kevin Woyjeck, one of the 19 firefighters who was killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire in 2013. (Published Monday, May 2, 2016)
One of the nation's busiest interchanges was named in honor of an Orange County hero.
A four-mile stretch of the 405 Freeway, between the 605 and the 22, that cuts through Seal Beach was named the Kevin Woyjeck Memorial Freeway on Monday, after the hometown hero firefighter who died while on duty three years ago in Arizona.
Kevin Woyjeck, 21, of Seal Beach, was one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who was killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire.
His father, a retired firefighter, came up with the idea and contacted assemblyman Travis Allen to dedicate the freeway to his son.
