Motorcyclist killed in freeway crash, others sent to trauma center

Front wheel of sports motorcycle on road.
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LAKEWOOD (CNS) - A motorcyclist was killed and two people were rushed to a trauma center from a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway in Lakewood, authorities said.

The crash occurred about 3:20 a.m. on the southbound freeway, just north of South Street, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Paramedics dispatched to the location at 3:19 a.m.
pronounced the motorcyclist dead at the scene and rushed two people to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, according to a county fire department dispatcher.

The vehicle overturned when it struck the motorcyclist, who was down in the roadway, he said.

There was no other information available.

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