LONG BEACH, CA : Two people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the southbound 405 freeway in Long Beach on Saturday, 31st October, 2020

Two people were killed early Saturday morning in a multi-vehicle crash involving a wrong-way driver on the southbound 405 freeway in Long Beach.

The California Highway Patrol received a call early Saturday morning in Orange County of a Nissan heading north in the southbound HOV lane of the 405.

By the time officers got to the car, it had collided head-on with a driver heading southbound in the HOV lane, officials said. Both the wrong-way driver and the driver of the vehicle that she hit died on the scene.

The wrong-way driver was identified as 23-year-old Kaylee Perez of Los Angeles and the driver who was struck was identified as 32-year-old Manasseh Marion of Long Beach, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office.

Due to poor visibility, eight more cars were involved in the pile-up because they could not see the crash with enough time to stop, officials said.

Seven people were taken to area hospitals — two trauma patients and five minor injury patients — after the crash, authorities said.

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