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May 16, 2008 7:56 pm US/Pacific
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3 Dead In Wrong-Way Crash On I-5 In Commerce
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
The three people killed in a wrong-way freeway crash today on Interstate 5 in City of Commerce have been identified.
A wrong-way driver slammed into a car full of people, killing two women and himself. Two other people were critically injured.
The southbound lanes were closed from 3:10 a.m. to 6:40 a.m., snarling the morning commute.
Authorities say 27-year-old Steven Quintero of Gardena was in a Toyota heading north in the southbound lanes when it collided with a Nissan carrying four people.
The crash killed the Nissan's driver and a woman passenger.
CHP and coroner's officials have identified them as 20-year-old Arielle Estremo and 17-year-old Chauncy Reid, both of Anaheim.
The crash also injured two Garden Grove men, ages 18 and 19, who were passengers in the Nissan.
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