Crime & Safety
Big Rig Drives Off I-5 Interchange Landing On Lanes Below: Watch
A big rig drove over the side of the I-5 interchange landing across the lanes below, but, somehow, no one was killed: BREAKING.
Semi falls off ramp onto #I-5 freeway blocking all northbound lanes pic.twitter.com/SCIf3NQwrV
— David Crane (@vidcrane) January 9, 2018
LOS ANGELES, CA — A big rig crashed over the side of the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway onto the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway lanes below, and, somehow, no one was killed.
All lanes of the eastbound Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in the Mission Hills area have since been re-opened after the crash.
The crash happened at the Golden State (5) Freeway at the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway interchange in the Mission Hills area. According to the California Highway Patrol, the truck driver has been taken to a nearby hospital. The truck landed across several lanes of roadway with the cab resting atop a center divider. Several lanes of the northbound 5 Freeway were closed, along with some transition roads between the two freeways.
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Geroge Smith barely escaped falling Semi-truck on the #I-5 freeway in #LosAngeles #CHP #LAFD pic.twitter.com/LpMokIfEGO
— David Crane (@vidcrane) January 9, 2018
Semi falls off ramp onto #I-5 freeway blocking all northbound lanes pic.twitter.com/SCIf3NQwrV
— David Crane (@vidcrane) January 9, 2018
Semi falls off interchange to I-5 freeway #chp #LAFD pic.twitter.com/WQkCnuix4L
— David Crane (@vidcrane) January 9, 2018
Semi falls off freeway on to I-5 pic.twitter.com/tnHhW9TsNH
— David Crane (@vidcrane) January 9, 2018
THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY. PLEASE REFRESH THE SCREEN FOR UPDATES.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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