By Associated Press - Sunday, January 8, 2017

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The California Highway Patrol says a motorist driving the wrong way on Interstate 405 in Orange County caused a fiery crash that killed him and another driver.

The CHP says the collision happened just after 4 a.m. Sunday in northbound lanes near Costa Mesa.

A 29-year-old man driving a 2001 Ford was heading south in northbound lanes when he collided with a 2004 Ford driven by a 36-year-old man.



Both men died at the scene. Northbound lanes were closed for several hours as the CHP investigated.

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