An innocent driver was killed and two passengers were injured when a road rage incident between two other drivers in Southern California forced their box truck into a brick wall, police said Thursday.

The crash was reported at about 11:45 a.m. Wednesday in the area of 7th Street and Margo Avenue in Long Beach.

When officers arrived, medical personnel were already on scene trying to assist a man trapped inside a 2017 Mitsubishi Fuso box truck, the Long Beach Police Department said in a news release.

The unidentified man, who was the driver of the truck, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two passengers inside the truck, along with the driver of a 2023 Tesla Model 3, were taken by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment.

"The preliminary investigation revealed that the 2023 Tesla Mode

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