One person was killed early Saturday when a three-vehicle collision at Orange Avenue and Willow Street sent a car crashing into the Long Beach Municipal Cemetery. The wreck was reported around 4:30 a.m., and emergency crews pronounced a person inside the vehicle dead at the scene. Authorities say the cause of the crash is still under investigation.
Crash at Orange and Willow
According to the Long Beach Post, Signal Hill police Sgt. J. Poor said the collision involved three vehicles at the intersection of Orange Avenue and Willow Street at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday. One of the cars ended up inside the Long Beach Municipal Cemetery, where a person in that vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.
Historic cemetery at the corner of Orange and Willow
City records show the Long Beach Municipal Cemetery occupies the northwest corner of Willow Street and Orange Avenue and was established around 1900. The small, city-run burial ground is one of the neighborhood’s oldest municipal sites and sits adjacent to Sunnyside Cemetery. City of Long Beach
Emergency response and probe
According to the Long Beach Post, firefighter Keith Navarre told City News Service that the Los Angeles County Fire Department sent both a truck and an ambulance to the intersection. The truck stayed on scene "for body recovery" and the ambulance did not transport anyone. Signal Hill police are leading the investigation and have not yet released further information about the crash or the person who was killed.
