A Manhattan Beach Police Department motorcycle officer was killed Wednesday in a multi-vehicle crash on the northbound 405 Freeway in the Carson area.
The crash was reported at about 5:15 a.m. at Del Amo Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Information was not immediately available on the identity of the officer, who died at a hospital, the CHP reported. All northbound lanes were closed in the area while an investigation was conducted into the circumstances of the crash, and traffic was backed up for miles.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.The crash that fatally injured the officer, who was believed to have been on duty, involved three other vehicles.
One of those vehicles, which may have been speeding, made a lane change, hitting another vehicle that went out of control.Another person was transported from the scene for treatment of minor injuries.This article tagged under:
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