Wrong-Way Crash On 210 Freeway, 2 Killed
Two drivers were killed in a Sunday morning crash involving a wrong-way driver on the 210 Freeway in La Canada Flintridge.
Bruce Alvarenga, 24, of Panorama City and Kevork Khamisian, 32 of Sun Valley were the two drivers killed in the crash, according to the coroner. No one else was involved in the crash.
The two men were initially described by California Highway Patrol officials as men in their 20s. The coroner’s office released their identities within just a few hours of the deadly crash.
Just before 2 a.m., CHP officers got a call about a wrong-way driver traveling eastbound along the westbound 210 Freeway near Wheatland Avenue in Lake View Terrace, CHP Sgt. Manuel Rodriguez said.
Two CHP units were responding to that call and trying to catch up with the driver when another call about a crash came in “shortly after,” Rodriguez said. It’s unclear how much time passed between that initial call and the actual crash, which happened about 10 miles away.
According to Rodriguez, investigators determined the deadly crash was caused by a wrong-way driver after speaking with witnesses. However, as investigators were still clearing the scene, authorities were unsure which driver was going the wrong way.
