Man Dead, 5 Kids Injured In Two-Car Crash In Long Beach

LONG BEACH, CA — A 91-year-old man was killed and eight other people, including five children, were injured in a two-car collision Thursday morning in Long Beach.

Officers responded about 10:10 a.m. to the scene on Long Beach Boulevard, south of 44th Street, according to the Long Beach Police Department.

All nine victims were taken to hospitals and one of them, Howard Schaak of Los Alamitos, later died from his injuries, police said.

A preliminary investigation revealed that Schaak was a passenger in a 2015 Kia Rio that was being driven by a 90-year-old woman who failed to yield to oncoming traffic while exiting a driveway in the 4300 block of Long Beach Boulevard, police said.

The Kia was struck by a northbound 2010 Dodge Challenger that was being driven by a 27-year-old Long Beach woman and carrying six passengers — one of them a man and the rest five children. Only the man was wearing a seatbelt, police said.

"The female driver and five minor children in the back seat were unrestrained," according to a police statement.

The conditions of the injured drivers and passengers were not immediately available.

The collision is under investigation and anyone with information was urged to call Long Beach police Detective Sirilo Garcia at 562-570-7355.

City News Service