Southbound Interstate 15 has reopened in Victorville after the freeway was closed for more than 2½ hours by a collision that killed two people.

A wrong-way driver caused the head-on collision that closed the interstate’s southbound lanes near Palmdale Road, the California Highway Patrol reported. It was earlier indicated that the freeway might remained closed through the afternoon commute.

Southbound traffic was backed up nearly to Barstow, said CHP Officer Melanie Weaver earlier when she confirmed the freeway’s closure. Northbound lanes were open but backed up into the lower Cajon Pass due to spectator slowing.

The trouble started at 10:45 a.m. with a report of a wrong-way driver in the freeway’s southbound lanes. Six minutes later, the head-on crash was reported between Palmdale Road in downtown Victorville and Bear Valley Road several miles farther south.

The names of those killed have not been released, Weaver said. Unconfirmed reports said a third person was injured.

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