INDUSTRY — Eight people, including an infant, suffered burns Sunday when the minivan they were riding burst into flames after a freeway crash, authorities said.
The crash occurred at 6:17 p.m. on the westbound Pomona (60) Freeway, just east of Azusa Avenue, according to California Highway Patrol logs.
The crash involved the minivan and a sedan, Los Angeles County Fire Department Inspector Fred Stowers said.
“The minivan did erupt into flames,” he said. “There were eight passengers in the minivan that suffered minor to moderate burns.”
The infant girl was the most seriously injured, with second- and third-degree burns, the inspector said.
A 17-year-old boy and an adult in the minivan also suffered second and third degree burns, while five other adults suffered first- and second-degree burns, Stowers said.
None of the injuries appeared life-threatening, he said.
Everyone inside the burning minivan got themselves out before fire officials arrived, Stowers said, preventing a much worse scenario.
The driver of the sedan involved in the crash was treated at the scene and released, Stowers said.
Firefighters cut through a fence to run a hose from Gale Avenue to the freeway to extinguish the flames, he added.
The cause of the crash was being investigated by the Santa Fe Springs office of the CHP.