A 61-year-old woman died Saturday after suffering a medical emergency while driving on a freeway in Whittier.
The emergency began on the southbound San Gabriel River (605) Freeway at Whittier Boulevard around 11:40 p.m. Friday, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Sean Lough.
The woman managed to get out of her car, and chest compression was performed, but she was pronounced dead at the scene after midnight.
The Medical Examiner’s office identified the woman as Blanca Guzman. Her city of residence was not immediately made availalbe. An autopsy was pending to determine her cause of death.
The emergency forced the closure of all southbound lanes on the 605 Freeway just north of Rose Hills Road around 12:35 a.m., the CHP reported. No other people were injured in the incident, Lough said.