RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) — Three people were killed in a crash involving a wrong-way driver on the 91 Freeway in Riverside, forcing the closure of the westbound lanes and snarling the morning commute Thursday.
The incident unfolded around 2 a.m. near 14th Street, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The agency said a driver in a silver Kia Sportage SUV was going eastbound in the westbound lanes just before the crash happened. A black BMW, a white big rig and a Volkswagen Jetta were among the vehicles involved in the pileup.
A witness reported seeing a driver speeding and swerving into lanes while going in the wrong direction on the freeway before the collision.
Officers arrived to find a man and a woman unresponsive inside the Sportage. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman inside the Jetta was also killed. The deceased were not immediately identified.
A fourth person was taken to the hospital in unknown condition.
Drivers traveling through the area on their morning commute were brought to a crawl with the entire westbound side of the freeway closed until around 8:30 a.m. At one point, traffic was backed up for more than a mile.
The incident remains under investigation.
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