Police: Woman Who Died In Crash With Tow Truck May Have Been Drunk
LYNWOOD (CBS) — Authorities say a 24-year-old woman may have been drunk when she died in a crash with a tow truck.
Alma Berenice Limon Arredondo of Norwalk drove her silver 2005 Ford Mustang under the back of a tow vehicle carrying a truck while on the southbound Long Beach (710) Freeway, north of the westbound Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway, CHP Officer Ed Jacobs said. Arredondo was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:20 a.m.
The driver of the tow truck, 34-year-old David Celis of Maywood, was not injured.
CHP Officers said the woman had been drinking with her boyfriend, who followed her onto the freeway after they got into an argument. Officers are looking into whether the boyfriend was chasing her at the time of the crash.
The boyfriend, whose name was not released, was arrested because he admitted to driving under the influence.
All southbound lanes were blacked until 2:45 p.m. as the CHP investigated.
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