LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A wrong-way car crash that left one person dead shut down the Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach Saturday morning.
Around 7:11 a.m., authorities responded to a traffic collision on the bridge. A preliminary investigation indicated a 2012 Mercedes Benz, driven by 28-year-old Alvin Shaw, of Hawthorne, was traveling the wrong way, heading westbound in an eastbound lane.
The car collided with a 2014 Ford Fusion and a 2010 Nissan pickup truck. Long Beach Fire Department officials determined the driver of the Nissan truck was killed at the scene. Two men were transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
The bridge was closed for several hours in both directions during the investigation. By 3 p.m, it had reopened.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Long Beach Police Department Collision Investigation Detail Det. Sirilo Garcia at (562) 570-7355.