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Fatal Crash Off the 710 Freeway Closes it This Morning

A white car plunged down an embankment, killing the person inside, the CHP reports.

One person was killed today when a white sedan went down an embankment at the Long Beach (710) Freeway in Long Beach, prompting a Sigalert, the California Highway Patrol said.

The CHP received a call at 7:24 a.m. reporting the sedan crashing on a freeway offramp, said CHP Officer Jennifer Cassidy.

A SigAlert was issued at 8:11 a.m. calling attention to the closure of the southbound 710's exit ramp to westbound Pacific Coast Highway, for an unknown duration.

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