LONG BEACH, CA — A woman was struck and killed Monday night when she got out of her vehicle on the Artesia (91) Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP says the woman was driving a Scion XD, for unknown reasons, caught fire and became disabled in the No. 1 lane of the Artesia Freeway, just east of Cherry Avenue, at around 10:29 p.m.
The woman got out of her vehicle and that’s when a driver in a Toyota Camry, while trying to avoid a crash, unsuccessfully swerved and sideswiped the Scion XD, the CHP said.
The impact caused the Scion XD to hit the woman and launch her into the westbound lanes of traffic, where he was struck by an unknown number of vehicles, according to the CHP.
The woman died at the scene, the CHP said. Her identity was not immediately available.
The driver of the Camry, meanwhile, remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation, the CHP said.
The CHP asks that any witnesses to the crash contact CHP officers at 562-649-6800.