A 22-year-old Huntington Beach man was killed after the car he was riding in crashed on the southbound I-605, according to a news report.
The California Highway Patrol reported that Justin Messerschmidt was a passenger in a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado that struck a tree. Investigators said that the driver, a 22-year-old male from Long Beach, was traveling at 50 mph in the No. 4 lane on the southbound I-605 when he made an unsafe turn and lost control. The Silverado left the road and crashed head-on into a tree.
Messerschmidt was pronounced dead at the scene; the unidentified male driver was taken to Long Beach Memorial with major injuries.
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