West Covina: Wrong-Way Crash Kills Woman On Freeway

12.24.2018 | 2:50 AM | WEST COVINA – A woman who was reportedly driving wrong-way on a local freeway was dead after a head-on crash, Monday morning.

Authorities responded to the reported wrong-way driver headed westbound in eastbound lanes of the I-10 freeway around 2:50 AM.

While responding additional callers reported that the wrong-way driver had crashed head-on into another vehicle near the Citrus Avenue exit.

Crews arriving on scene located the crash in heavy fog conditions and discovered that a one driver was dead on arrival. The deceased driver was described as a 54-year-old woman.

Another driver, a 30-year-old male, was treated on scene and transported to an area hospital with moderate injuries.

Reports from the scene indicate the female driver was headed wrong-way in a 1997 Honda Civic when she crashed head-on with the male victim’s 2016 Mazda SUV.

All lanes of eastbound I-10 were closed while authorities investigated the crash.

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