3 Trapped in Downey Multi-Vehicle Collision

Downey, Los Angeles County, CA: Three people were trapped, extricated and hospitalized after a collision involving three vehicles early Thursday morning, June 30, in the city of Downey.

At approximately 2:25 a.m., Downey Fire Department and Downey Police officers responded to a three-vehicle traffic collision with a total of three people trapped on Florence Avenue and Lakewood Boulevard.

Officers and firefighters arrived and reported one vehicle had two parties trapped and the other vehicle had one. The parties in the other vehicle involved were responsive with no life-threatening injuries.

Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to free the three trapped patients who were all transported to a nearby hospital with unknown injuries.

The intersection was closed for an unknown period of time.

Video: Michael Ullo, Photojournalist / KNN