A person was killed and at least two other people were injured during a traffic crash Saturday morning on the Artesia (91) Freeway in Bellflower, authorities said.

Paramedics dispatched at 3:17 a.m. to the eastbound freeway at the Bellflower Boulevard offramp rushed at least two people to a hospital, according to a county fire department dispatcher.

The California Highway Patrol issued a Sigalert at 5:07 a.m. closing all eastbound lanes for at least an hour and the CHP reported at 6:32 a.m. that Caltrans was setting up a hard closure due to the traffic fatality.

There was no other immediate information.

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