A man and a woman were killed in a fiery, two- vehicle crash Friday on the Santa Monica (405) Freeway near Culver City.
Officers from the California Highway Patrol responded at 2:13 a.m. to the northbound freeway and National Boulevard where they learned a Toyota Prius and a commercial truck collided, causing the Prius to burst into flames, CHP Officer Erik Larsen told City News Service.
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Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were called and pronounced the man and the woman dead at the scene, Larsen said.
The CHP issued a SigAlert that closed all lanes of the freeway for several hours while they investigating the cause of the collision.
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