Man Killed In Two-Car Crash On 405 Freeway In Hawthorne

HAWTHORNE, CA — A 35-year-old man from Los Angeles was killed in a two-car crash on the northbound 405 Freeway in Hawthorne Tuesday night, authorities said.

The crash was reported near the Rosecrans Avenue exit on the San Diego Freeway at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, prompting the closure of all northbound lanes of the freeway at the Inglewood Avenue on-ramp where traffic was being taken off the freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. Lanes were re-opened at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Adam Herrera was driving a 2009 Honda traveling at an unknown speed when he lost control of his car, spun out and stopped facing the wrong way in the carpool lane with the vehicle's lights off, authorities said. Two people in a 2007 Infiniti were going north in the carpool lane at about 55 mph when they crashed head-on into the blacked out Honda, the CHP said.

Herrera died from his injuries. The two people in the Infiniti complained of pain, the CHP said.

Alcohol or drugs were not considered factors in the crash and no arrests were reported.

Anyone who witnessed this crash was asked to call Officer teNyenhuis at the West Los Angeles CHP Office at 310-642-3939.

City News Service contributed to this post