Fatal collision shuts down southbound 710 Freeway in Long Beach
All southbound lanes of the 710 Freeway south of Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach were shut down early Thursday as authorities were dealing with a fatal collision.
The collision was reported around 4:34 a.m., said CHP Officer Peter Nicholson. It was unknown how many cars were involved.
In a tweet, Caltrans District 7 reported the investigation was related to “a traffic fatality.”
All the freeway’s southbound traffic lanes will be closed for an unknown amount of time, Nicholson said. Traffic is being diverted to the Pacific Coast Highway collector road, an onramp road just west of the main lanes.
“Traffic can get through, it’s just going to be backed up,” Nicholson said.
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UPDATES:
6:50 a.m.: This article was updated with details of a fatality.
This article was originally published at 6:30 a.m.
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