1 killed, 6 injured in 2-car crash on 10 Freeway near downtown Los Angeles

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.

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.

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.