Wrong-way SUV driver killed in head-on Long Beach crash that injured 6

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A wrong-way driver is killed and six people are injured when he slams into at least three other cars on a Long Beach street.

The crash was at about 7 p.m. Thursday in the 2300 block of Pacific Coast Highway between Raymond and Dawson avenues.

The Lexus SUV was westbound on Pacific Coast Highway at Junipero Avenue before it entered eastbound lanes and collided with three vehicles. The SUV collided with a Dodge Challenger and continued west, slamming head-on into a Toyota RAV4 and a Jeep Compass. Dashcam video from a vehicle behind the Jeep and Toyota captured the head-on collision, which sent debris flying. The green Challenger struck by the SUV ended up on the sidewalk. The SUV rolled partially onto its roof.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.Some of the six injured victims were freed from the wreckage by firefighters using mechanical tools. Their injuries are not life-threatening.

"Speed, drugs, and alcohol are not believed to be a factor in this collision," Long Beach police said in aGet Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.

 

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