One person killed, two injured in Westminster crash

One person was killed and two others seriously injured Wednesday evening in a two-vehicle collision in Westminster, officials said.

The two-vehicle crash happened just after 8:30 p.m. on the Bolsa Chica Road overpass at the San Diego Freeway, said Capt. Marc  Stone, spokesman for the Orange County Fire Authority.

One person was pronounced dead at the scene, and two others were taken to a hospital in critical condition, he said.

The Garden Grove Police Department was investigating the the crash. No further details were available.

The southbound freeway exit to Bolsa Chica was closed and traffic headed for the northbound exit to Valley View Street was being diverted to Garden Grove Boulevard, said a California Highway Patrol dispatcher who declined to be identified.

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