Arcadia, California – One person was killed early Monday morning after a wrong-way driver caused a head-on collision on the Foothill (210) Freeway in Arcadia, authorities said.
The crash was reported at approximately 2:55 a.m. on the eastbound Foothill Freeway near Baldwin Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. A sedan traveling the wrong direction collided head-on with another vehicle, resulting in fatal injuries to one person.
Arcadia Fire Department personnel responded to the scene and pronounced the victim dead, a CHP officer confirmed. The identity of the deceased was not immediately released.
Following the collision, all eastbound lanes in the area — except for the far right lane and the shoulder — were shut down at 3:39 a.m. A SigAlert was issued shortly afterward at 3:45 a.m., CHP officials said.
As of about 7:30 a.m., only the far right lane and shoulder remained open while Los Angeles County Medical Examiner personnel were on scene to recover the victim’s body. The medical examiner’s case number is 2025-19940.
The cause of the crash and how the vehicle entered the freeway traveling the wrong way remain under investigation by the California Highway Patrol.
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