3 Camp Pendleton Marines among 4 people killed in crash on 5 Freeway in Downey, officials confirm...

Three Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton were among the four people who were killed in a violent crash early Saturday morning on the 5 Freeway in Downey, officials confirmed.

The single-car crash occurred shortly after 2:30 a.m. on the southbound side of the freeway, just west of the 605 Freeway, when a Dodge Charger slammed into a bridge abutment, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The Marine Corps said two of the deceased were assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force. The third Marine was assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force.