A man and a woman were killed in a two-vehicle collision on the Golden State (5) Freeway and an investigation into the crash was underway Friday.

California Highway Patrol officers were called at 11:37 p.m. Wednesday to the southbound freeway and the Lakewood Boulevard off-ramp, where they found the victims near a gray car and a second vehicle blocking the middle lanes of the freeway.

The victims were pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics from the Downey Fire Department.

They were identified as 24-year-old Alexis Velez Sanchez and 18-year- old Marely Ariana Fragoso Herrera, who both died from blunt trauma in the freeway accident, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office. Their cities of residence were not provided.

The crash blocked multiple lanes of the south

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