A 64-year-old Mission Viejo man has died after his pickup truck was hit from behind, causing it to overturn and eject him on the I-405 freeway in Westminster.
According to the California Highway Patrol, a 26-year-old Costa Mesa man driving a 2006 Subaru WRX hit the back of the unnamed victim’s Chevrolet S-10 pickup in a southbound lane of I-405 north of the Westminster Boulevard exit. The truck then overturned and collided with a 2014 Honda Accord driven by a 19-year-old Garden Grove man. The pickup driver was partially ejected and died at the scene.
There was no report of other injuries following the accident; the CHP investigation is ongoing.
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