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2 Killed In Head-On Crash Into Baldwin Park Tree

BALDWIN PARK (CBSLA) — Two people were killed after a crash sent their car into a tree in the median of a Baldwin Park street.

The crash happened after 8 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Baldwin Park Boulevard and La Rica Avenue.

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Investigators say the two cars collided, then one of them slammed into a tree in the street median. Video from Sky 2 over the scene showed a car that was left at a precarious angle in the median.

Both the driver and passenger in that vehicle died at the scene. One of the men was identified as 18-year-old Jorge Lizarraga of Baldwin Park. The second person who died was a man in his 20s.

The driver in the second car was not hurt.

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