[05-23-2025] Los Angeles County, CA – 21-Year-Old Woman Killed in Multi-Vehicle Crash Near 12th Street and Long Beach Boulevard in Long Beach

A 21-year-old woman from Compton was killed in a multi-vehicle crash involving a Metro train near 12th Street and Long Beach Boulevard in Long Beach on Friday night, May 23, 2025.

According to the Long Beach Police Department, the incident occurred at approximately 11:53 p.m. near the city’s downtown area. Authorities said the woman was driving a southbound Infiniti sedan at high speed without headlights.

As she approached a side street, a 29-year-old Long Beach man driving a Honda Civic attempted to turn onto Long Beach Boulevard. Upon seeing the speeding Infiniti, he swerved to avoid a collision and struck a guardrail.

The female driver also swerved to avoid the Honda but lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a nearby Metro train. The impact pushed the Infiniti through a chain-link fence and into a vacant lot across from the Metro tracks.

Fire crews extricated the woman from the wrecked vehicle and transported her to a hospital, where she later succumbed to her injuries. Her identity has not yet been released.

The male driver of the Honda was not seriously injured and is cooperating with the investigation. Authorities are looking into speed and impaired driving as potential contributing factors.