One person was killed and another was critically injured in a wrong-way crash on the south 405 Freeway near the Sepulveda Pass on Tuesday morning.
California Highway Patrol officers received a call around 4:05 a.m.about a wrong-way driver going north in the southbound lanes of the 405 Freeway at the Getty Center, according to Sgt. Steve Geraty.
"As it came northbound into the valley, we received about a dozen more 911 calls reporting," he said. "This wrong-way driver driving at high speeds in the carpool lane. Unfortunately here at Ventura Boulevard, [The driver] was involved in a head-on collision with another driver in the carpool lane and four other vehicles."
Responding officers tried to save the driver but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was described as a man in his mid-30s.
Sgt. Geraty said the driver hit by the wrong-way driver is in critical but stable condition. Three other people involved in the crash had minor injuries.
A SigAlert was issued at 4:42 a.m. as all southbound lanes closed. At 6:15 a.m., the #4 and #5 lane opened.
The alert was cancelled at 9:41 a.m. as all lanes reopened.
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