Man and Woman Dead in Crash on 91 Freeway in Cerritos

CERRITOS (CNS) - A man and a woman died Sunday when their car crashed into a box truck that had been involved in a crash moments before on the Riverside (91) Freeway in Cerritos.

The chain of events started about 6:35 a.m. Sunday when a two-axle Ford box truck and GMC Yukon SUV collided on the eastbound Riverside Freeway west of the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. The box truck came to a stop in the No. 2 lane.

About a minute later, a Honda Accord rear-ended the box truck, killing the occupants of the car, the CHP reported.

According to the Medical Examiner's office, the driver of the truck was Jabarri Adams; the passenger was Ruby Perez. Both were 25. Their cities of residence were not provided.

All eastbound lanes of the 91 at the 605 were closed at 6:54 a.m. for the initial investigation and eastbound traffic was diverted to the 605 at 7:49 a.m., the CHP reported. All lanes were reopened at 11:38 a.m.