Motorcycle Fatality and Five-Car Pile Up Near Cerritos Clogs 605 For More Than Two Hours

It was a dangerous night Sunday along a mile stretch of the San Gabriel (605) Freeway between Willow Avenue and Carson Street Monday.

A motorcyclist was killed Monday just after 10 p.m. when the driver apparently rear-ended a Honda just north of Willow Street, according to the California Highway Patrol. According to the CHP Traffic Incident report, the driver of the Honda continued driving and headed to the Denny’s on Carson Street to talk to authorities. The two fast lanes were closed for more than two hours as the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office took control of the accident scene.

About an hour-later, the entire southbound side of the freeway was closed due to a five-car pile up that left five people hospitalized not far from the fatal motorcycle wreck, causing a major traffic jam spanning past the Cerritos freeway off-ramps.

At 11:16 p.m., CHP received a report of a fiver car crash in the middle lanes of the 605 just north of Carson. Five people had to be transported to hospitals with undisclosed injuries.

The freeway remained blocked until shortly after midnight. All traffic was diverted to Carson Street.