1 Dead After Car Gets Pinned By Big Rig On 5 Freeway In South OC

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA — One person died early Tuesday morning after a car and a semi truck crashed on the Interstate 5 Freeway traveling through south Orange County, the California Highway Patrol reported.

The crash was reported at 5:16 a.m. early Tuesday morning on the freeway traveling south near Junipero Serra Road, authorities said. When officers arrived, they found a victim riding in the car critically injured by the crash.

By 5:35 a.m., authorities called the Orange County Coroner to the scene in order to identify the body. No information on the victim was immediately available.

The crash prompted officials to issue a SigAlert for the area Tuesday. The fatality resulted in snarled traffic on the freeway for most of Tuesday morning.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

This story will be updated.