Girl, 5, killed in fiery LA County freeway crash

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SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif. (AP) — A 5-year-old girl was killed and several other people were injured in a fiery multivehicle crash involving three big rigs that shut down a Los Angeles County freeway for hours Thursday, authorities said.

The pre-dawn accident on state Route 60 involved a tanker truck that hit the center divider and overturned, spilling milk and fuel onto the freeway, California Highway Patrol Officer Francisco Villalobos said.

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