23-year-old Los Angeles man killed in 60 Freeway crash in Rosemead

ROSEMEAD >> A 23-year-old man died early Saturday after a big rig struck his disabled car on the 60 Freeway following a previous collision, authorities said.
Jose Estrada Jr. of Los Angeles died in the 5:08 a.m. crash on the eastbound 60 Freeway, just west of Rosemead Boulevard, in an unincorporated county area between South El Monte and Rosemead, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner officials said.
He was driving a 2001 Toyota sedan when he became involved in a collision with a 1986 Nissan being driven by a 58-year-old Inglewood man, California Highway Patrol officials said in a written statement. The cause and circumstances of the two-car crash remained under investigation Saturday afternoon.
The Nissan ended up veering off the side of the freeway, striking an overhead light pole, overturning and coming to a rest back on its wheels along a dirt and brush embankment, CHP officials said. The driver suffered minor injuries.
Estrada’s Toyota came to a stop in the No. 3 lane of traffic.
A big rig then approached the crash scene, “and for unknown reasons, was unable to avoid the stopped vehicle,” according to the CHP statement.
The big rig slammed into the Toyota, causing major injuries to Estrada, officials said. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene at 5:26 a.m.
The truck driver, a 36-year-old Los Angeles man, was not injured, according to the CHP.
“The exact cause of this collision is still under investigation by the California Highway Patrol – East Los Angeles area office,” the statement said.

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