UNIVERSITY PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- One person was killed and six people - including several young children - were injured after a two-car crash Sunday on the 10 Freeway.
The crash was reported on the westbound 10 just after 3 p.m. in the University Park area, between USC and downtown Los Angeles. A pickup truck was flipped over on its roof at the scene.
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Firefighters who responded had to extricate one man from the wreckage. Paramedics transported five people, described as in serious-to-critical condition, to a nearby trauma center. They were described as four young boys - ages 3 months, 6 years, 7 years and 10 years, and a 29-year-old woman.
One man was treated at the scene and released without hospitalization. One man was dead at the scene.
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The westbound 10 was shut down in the area as authorities investigated the cause of the crash.
The SigAlert was canceled and lanes were reopened at 6:36 p.m.