Wrong-way PCH crash in Long Beach kills one, injures several
By Orange County on June 9, 2023
LONG BEACH — A wrong-way driver was killed after he drove an SUV into traffic, initiating a four-vehicle crash that injured several others in Long Beach.
The crash on the 2300 block of Pacific Coast Highway between Raymond and Dawson avenues was reported at 7:06 p.m. Thursday, said Long Beach Fire Department Capt Jake Heflin.
“There were at least seven patients who were injured, and at least five were taken to a local hospital,” Heflin told City News Service.
Firefighters used mechanical devices to free one person from a vehicle.
The wrong-way driver was pronounced dead at the scene, Heflin said.
The injured parties were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Fox 11 reported.
The crash closed the area between Pacific Coast Highway and Junipero Avenue for several hours.
Long Beach firefighters work to extricate a victim after a wrong-way crash Thursday, June 8, 2023, on Pacific Coast Highway between Raymond and Dawson avenues. (Photo from OC Hawk video)
Long Beach firefighters work to extricate a victim after a wrong-way crash Thursday, June 8, 2023, on Pacific Coast Highway between Raymond and Dawson avenues. (Photo from OC Hawk video)
Long Beach firefighters prepare to transport a victim they extricated after a wrong-way crash Thursday, June 8, 2023, on Pacific Coast Highway between Raymond and Dawson avenues. (Photo from OC Hawk video)
Long Beach firefighters work to extricate a victim after a wrong-way crash Thursday, June 8, 2023, on Pacific Coast Highway between Raymond and Dawson avenues. (Photo from OC Hawk video)
A sheet covers the the top of the vehicle in which a wrong-way driver was killed Thursday, June 9, 2023, in a crash that also injured several others on Pacific Coast Highway between Raymond and Dawson avenues. (Photo from OC Hawk video)
A sheet covers the the top of the vehicle in which a wrong-way driver was killed Thursday, June 9, 2023, in a crash that also injured several others on Pacific Coast Highway between Raymond and Dawson avenues. (Photo from OC Hawk video)
This is what is left of one vehicle after Long Beach firefighters extricated a person trapped in it after a wrong-way crash Thursday, June 8, 2023, on Pacific Coast Highway between Raymond and Dawson avenues that killed one person and injured several others. (Photo from OC Hawk video)
Long Beach firefighters examine one of the victims after a wrong-way crash Thursday, June 8, 2023, that killed one person and injured several others on Pacific Coast Highway between Raymond and Dawson avenues. (Photo from OC Hawk video)
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