JURUPA VALLEY, CA : Three people have been killed in a crash on a Southern California freeway on Saturday, September 9, 2017

Authorities say three people have been killed in a crash on a Southern California freeway involving four cars and a semi-truck.

Several lanes of State Route 60 in Riverside County were shut down in both directions for several hours following the crash around 3:30 a.m. Saturday.

The California Highway Patrol says initially an eastbound car with three people inside smashed into the center divider. A few minutes later that car was hit, setting up a multi-car collision.

KABC-TV reports Caltrans officials say one of the three people who died was a person trying to help in the initial wreck.

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3 killed in multi-vehicle crash on California freeway