CULVER CITY, Calif.—A man and a woman were killed in a fiery, two-vehicle crash Friday, May 31, on the Santa Monica (405) Freeway near Culver City.

Officers from the California Highway Patrol responded at 2:13 a.m. to the northbound freeway and National Boulevard where they learned a Toyota Prius and a commercial truck collided, causing the Prius to burst into flames, CHP Officer Erik Larsen told City News Service.

Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were called and pronounced the man and the woman dead at the scene, Mr. Larsen said.

The CHP issued a SigAlert that closed all lanes of the freeway for several hours while they investigated the cause of the collision.