An early morning freeway crash claimed the lives of four people Saturday in Downey.
California Highway Patrol officers responded at about 2:30 a.m. on the southbound 605 Freeway and 5 Freeway, where they found the victims of the car crash, CHP Officer Ramon Kendricks told City News Service.
The victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident closed several lanes of the southbound freeway while the CHP conducted its investigation of the accident.
