1 killed in 55 Freeway crash when car slams into guardrail between splitting lanes

SANTA ANA — A 31-year-old Costa Mesa man died early Friday, Oct. 5, after the car he was driving crashed into a guard rail on the southbound 55 Freeway.
At about 1:20 a.m. officers found the car with heavy damage and debris in the southbound lanes near MacArthur Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The driver had been traveling in the southbound carpool lane on the 55 freeway south of MacArthur Boulevard at an “unsafe speed,” a CHP report says.
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