A motorist was killed a single-vehicle crash into a wall in Long Beach Monday and speed is suspected as a factor.
The crash occurred at about 12:25 a.m. in the area of Seventh Street and Margo Avenue, near the Veterans Administration Hospital and California State University Long Beach campus, according to the Long Beach Police Department Lt. David Frazier.
According to the preliminary investigation, a man whose name was withheld was driving a Ford Mustang west on Seventh street “‘at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control of the vehicle and veered off the road, colliding with a wall,” according to a statement from police.
The motorist was in full cardiac arrest when officers and firefighters arrived at the scene.
Lifesaving measures were performed but the driver was pronounced dead at the scene, Frazier said.
”Speed is being investigated as a potential factor in this collision,” according to police.
The man’s name was withheld pending next-of-kin notifications.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash collision was urged to contact LBPD Collision Investigation Detail Detective David Dougherty at 562-570-7358.