5, including 2 teens, killed in 710 Freeway crash in Long Beach

Five people, including two 15-year-olds, were killed, and one person was hospitalized with serious injuries following a single-vehicle crash on the 710 Freeway in Long Beach Monday morning, officials said.

Authorities said the crash happened around 4:15 a.m. on the northbound side of the freeway when a black Hyundai Sonata hit the edge of a guardrail and burst into flames.

Five people were pronounced dead at the scene and a sixth person was taken to the hospital, the California Highway Patrol said. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office confirmed two of the victims killed in the crash were 15-year-old George Dobbs and 15-year-old Ariahh Slemaker, both of Long Beach.

GoFundMe pages have been set up for Slemaker and Dobbs

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All northbound lanes were closed for hours in the area of the crash and reopened by 8:30 a.m.

The names of the other victims have not yet been released and no further information was available.