Wrong-way car crash shuts down Long Beach bridge; 1 killed

ByLeanne Suter and ABC7.com staff KABC logo
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Wrong-way car crash shuts down Long Beach bridge; 1 killed
A wrong-way car crash that left one person dead shut down the Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach Saturday morning.

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.

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