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3 dead, 3 injured in crash with wrong-way driver on 210 Freeway in Fontana

3 dead, 3 injured following wrong-way crash in Fontana
3 dead, 3 injured following wrong-way crash in Fontana 00:23

Three people were killed and three others injured when a wrong-way driver collided head-on with another vehicle on the 210 Freeway in Fontana on Saturday. 

According to California Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at around 6:30 a.m., just west of the Citrus Avenue offramp of the 210. 

The driver of a 2012 Ford was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes, colliding head-on with a 2001 Lexus, which had five occupants. 

Both drivers, including the 43-year-old Highland man driving the Lexus, were killed in the incident, as well as a 16-year-old female in the Lexus. She was rushed to a hospital for treatment, where she was later pronounced dead.

The three other occupants of the Lexus  a 42-year-old woman and two children aged 5 and 3, suffered "major injuries," according to CHP.

Investigators were still working to determine a cause in the crash. 

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