Two people died Saturday in two separate, unrelated crashes on the Riverside (91) Freeway in Fullerton.
The first crash was reported at 1:29 a.m. on the westbound 91 near Brookhurst Street, according to a California Highway Patrol dispatcher. That accident included a gray Honda blocking the middle lanes of traffic.
The CHP reported that at least one person was trapped inside a vehicle that was on fire.
A representative from the coroner’s office was called to the scene at 1:45 a.m.
The second crash occurred at 2:40 a.m. on the westbound freeway, near the Euclid Street off-ramp and involved a Jeep and a Toyota. At least three people were trapped inside a vehicle, with at least one vehicle coming to rest on its roof.
A representative from the coroner’s office was dispatched to the location at 3:50 a.m.
Paramedics rushed two people to an area hospital, where their conditions were not immediately known, according to a Metronet fire dispatcher.
All lanes of traffic on the 91 were re-opened a few hours later.
—City News Service