Three people were hospitalized after a crash that smashed a fire hydrant and ended with one car at least partially on top of another.

This Saturday a paddle out in memory of the Wilson High School alumni, champion stand up paddle surfer and Long Beach native, Sophia Tiaré Bartlow, will take place on the north side of the Huntington Beach pier. 

Two separate automobile accidents occurred early Saturday morning within minutes and a short distance of each other on the northbound 605 Freeway just south of Carson Street, according to the Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD).

The driver of a semi-truck who may have been in a medical emergency when he crashed in Long Beach Friday morning was pronounced dead at a local hospital later in the day, authorities said.

A 26-year-old Long Beach man has died from injuries he sustained when a car he was a passenger in spun sideways and struck a light pole on New Year’s Eve, authorities said.

Two people were critically injured early Monday morning after their vehicle struck a tree on the center divider of a Long Beach street, authorities said.