DOWNEY (CNS) – One person was killed and two other people were injured when a gray Nissan Altima went approximately 200 yards down an embankment from the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Downey, authorities said today. Â
The crash occurred at about 10:50 p.m. Saturday on a transition road from the southbound freeway to the southbound San Gabriel River (605) Freeway, the California Highway Patrol reported. Â
Paramedics dispatched to the location at 10:54 a.m. rushed three people to an area trauma center, where one of them died from injuries suffered in the single-vehicle crash, according to a public information officer with the Downey Fire Department. Â
Firefighters sent to the scene reported that two people had been ejected from the Nissan and another was trapped inside the wreckage. Â
The cause of the crash was being investigated.