A car heading south in the northbound lanes of the 215 Freeway slammed into another vehicle near Riverside, just south of the San Bernardino County line, leaving two people dead early Tuesday, March 15.

A Ford Fusion was traveling the wrong way on the Freeway, California Highway Patrol officials said in a news release. It crashed head-on with a Ford Focus in the carpool lane at about 12:30 a.m.

The drivers of both vehicles were dead when officers responded, CHP officials said. Both were alone in their cars.

It was not clear whether drugs of alcohol were involved in the collision, CHP Officer Juan Quintero said. The identities of the people who died and further information about the crash were not immediately released.

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