An investigation into a series of violent and deadly crashes across Los Angeles County was underway Monday morning.
Multiple law enforcement officials told NBC Los Angeles' I-Team that the two children found on the 405 Freeway in Culver City were linked to a homicide investigation in Woodland Hills and a police investigation in Redondo Beach. It is said to be related to a fatal accident.
The first incident was reported around 4:30 a.m., and first responders arrived in the northbound lanes of the freeway near the Howard Hughes Parkway and Sepulveda Boulevard exits and found the infant and child.
The girl, believed to be 5 to 6 months old, was pronounced dead at the scene, and another 9-year-old girl was taken to the hospital for “degradation,” California Highway Patrol said.
About 30 minutes later, the fatal crash was reported on Pacific Coast Highway near Vincent Street in Redondo Beach.
Redondo Beach Police said in a statement: “Emergency crews responded and found an unresponsive female driver. The female driver was pronounced dead by Redondo Beach Fire Department paramedics.”
At about 7:35 a.m., more than 30 miles from the crash site, Los Angeles police received a report of a “possible victim lying on the ground” at the Montecito Apartments in the 6200 block of Valiel Avenue in Woodland Hills. It was with the police.
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“Around 3:40am, I woke up to screaming and commotion. It lasted for about a minute, but I was really dizzy and just fell asleep,” said a neighbor who asked not to be named. the man spoke. .
Neighbors said there had been a fight the night before. A man and a woman had been living next door to her for about a year with their two children.
“This morning I woke up to go to work and when I left the house and walked out the front door, they were just to our left and their front door was wide open and there was blood pouring out of their apartment and down the hall. When I got in the elevator, I saw blood on the wall,” the neighbor said.
Neighbors said the family had refrained from going out, but especially in recent months, they had heard fighting, shouting and commotion coming from their apartment at night.
Police officers who arrived found one person dead at the scene.
“While conducting our investigation, we learned of two additional incidents that occurred earlier in the morning, one involving two young children on the 405 Freeway, and one involving two young children,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a social media post. The incident involved a traffic accident in Redondo Beach.”
“Currently, Valley Bureau homicide detectives are working with the California Highway Patrol to investigate an incident involving two children that they believe is connected to the Topanga murder scene.”
The Los Angeles Police Department also confirmed that it is working with the CHP, the Redondo Beach Police Department, and the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office to determine if the deaths are related.