Police say two men were killed this morning when a speeding driver crashed head-on into another driver on Seventh Street.
The wreck happened around 6:20 a.m. near the intersection of Seventh Street and Terraine Avenue, which is just east of Recreation Park, according to Long Beach police.
Police said a man was speeding westbound on Seventh Street in a blue Honda Civic sedan when, for unknown reasons, he lost control, swerved into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on into a red Honda Accord.
Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The Accord driver was identified as 37-year-old Salvador Medina, of Long Beach, police said. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Department was still working to identify the Civic driver, police said.
Anyone who may have witnessed this collision is asked to contact LBPD Detective David Dougherty at 562-570-7358.