SOUTH GATE, CA — Two drivers were killed in a terrible two-car crash early Monday morning near a busy crossing in South Gate, according to officials.
The accident took place in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven store at the corner of Imperial Highway and Garfield Avenue at around 6:30 a.m. The Los Angeles County Fire Department says that when they arrived, one of the victims had already died. The other was taken to a nearby hospital but later died from their injuries.
The police say that this terrible accident was linked to a domestic argument that was going on several miles away in Paramount. This gives the fatal accident a disturbing new twist.
A family fight turns deadly
About four miles away from the crash site, on Exeter Street in Paramount, someone called to report a heated fight that had been going on outside of an apartment complex for over an hour. Because of worries about the worsening situation, deputies were sent to the scene…