MONTEREY PARK — A 40-year-old Los Angeles man died late Friday in a crash on the 60 Freeway, authorities said.
Francisco Renteria in the the 9:40 p.m. crash on freeway at the Markland Drive onramp, California Highway Patrol officials said in a written statement.
Renteria was entering the freeway in a 2005 Nissan Frontier pickup truck at the same time as a 22-year-old Rosemead woman driving a 1996 Acura Integra, officials said.
“For unknown reasons, (the Nissan) sideswiped (the Acura) as they were entering the freeway,” according to the CHP statement.
The Nissan spun out and overturned several times, ultimately coming to a rest on it’s wheels in the right lane of the freeway.
Paramedics pronounced Renteria dead at the scene, the statement said, and the Rosemead woman was taken to a hospital after complaining of neck pain.
The cause of the crash is being investigated by the East Los Angeles office of the CHP.