Gardena, CA : 1 dead in speed-related crash in Gardena on Thursday, 8th June 2023

A driver is dead after their speeding vehicle smashed into a stopped car in Gardena Thursday evening, police said.

A few minutes before 8 p.m., police responded to 135th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard near Hawthorne, where they found two vehicles with “major collision damage,” the Gardena Police Department said in a news release.

According to police, a white Kia headed north on Crenshaw “at a high rate of speed” hit a black Mercedes-Benz that was stopped at a red light.

Footage from the scene shows the Mercedes was a compact car, though the Kia could not be seen.

Both drivers were taken to a local hospital for treatment, and the Kia driver was pronounced dead. Their identity has not yet been released.


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