Crime & Safety

Woman Killed in 405 Fwy. Crash Identified

Rose Miller, 57, of Compton was killed in a three-car crash Tuesday night that snarled traffic in and near the 405 Freeway in West Los Angeles for hours.

A woman killed Tuesday night in a three-car crash on the southbound 405 Freeway near Santa Monica Boulevard has been identified by the coroner's office.

Rose Miller, 57, of Compton was dead at the scene when highway patrol officers arrived six minutes later. Though each of the three cars was damaged, no one else was injured, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Matt Spence.

"The victim is described as a 56-year-old black woman, but I don't know which car she was in," California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Kimball told City News Service. Originally, the victim's name was withheld pending notification of next of kin.

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The crash was reported at 8:33 p.m., snarling traffic as far north as Sunset Boulevard in Brentwood.

A red Volvo, a silver sedan and a black SUV were involved. Its hood crunched in, the SUV landed several yards to south. Red flares diverted traffic away from the mangled cars and into the fast lane. Shards from the vehicles were strewn about.

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Heavy traffic on the Wilshire Boulevard on-ramp had delayed the arrival of a tow truck, according to CHP radio reports.

Except for the fast lane, a SigAlert was issued for an undetermined amount of time for all southbound traffic as emergency personnel cleared the wreckage and collected evidence. Traffic finally started to ease up after midnight. The cars were removed from the freeway by 12:50 a.m., when the SigAlert was lifted.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, Kimball said.

— City News Service contributed to this report. 


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