1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen
A man died and ten others were injured, one critically, following a flamy multivehicle collision on the five Freeway near Griffith Park that prompted the total closure of southbound lanes for almost eight hours, roaring traffic Tuesday.
California Highway Patrol officials on scene originally said southbound lanes would remain closed until ten p.m., but all lanes were reopened before seven p.m.
A flamy pileup in Griffith Park sent black smoke billowing into the air, drone movie demonstrated. (Credit: John David Gurka)
Several agencies responded to the Golden State Freeway just north of the Colorado Street off-ramp in Los Angeles just before eleven a.m. to reports of a flamy pileup on the southbound side, according to CHP.
Investigators believe a box truck heading north on the freeway lost control and went over the center divider, triggering the chain-reaction collision on the southbound side, CHP spokesman Jose Nunez said.
The crash ignited a large explosion, sending plumes of thick, black smoke into the air that were visible for miles.
When very first responders arrived, they found at least eight vehicles — three commercial trucks, three passenger cars, one passenger van and a truck — involved in the collision, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said. Several vehicles were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
A multivehicle crash occurred on the five Freeway in the Los Feliz area on April 25, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)
A total of seventy five firefighters from the Los Angeles, Burbank and Glendale fire departments responded to the scene and extinguished the flames, according to Andy Fox, also of LAFD.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, Fox said at an early afternoon news conference. He said a total of twelve patients were treated, but officials later updated the figure to 11, including the victim who died.
Authorities later said the victim killed was a masculine adult, and they described the victim in critical condition as a 27-year-old woman. The nine injured others were transported to hospitals. The victims’ ages ranged inbetween twenty two to seventy one years old, authorities said.
A pet dog was also killed in the massive inferno, according to fire officials.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office responded to the scene, and will identify the man killed and determine his cause of death. It was not instantly known which vehicle the victim had been in.
An investigation is underway after a multi-vehicle crash involving two of big equipments closed the southbound five Freeway near Griffith Park late Tuesday morning. (Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Meantime, cleanup took hours.
A big equipment, which CHP officials said had been loaded with milk, was entirely demolished in the flames. More than two hours after the collision, the truck’s burned-out shell remained across the middle of the roadway.
The crash scene spanned both sides of the freeway, with one vehicle underneath the smoldering big equipment on the southbound side of the road, while a pickup truck sitting astride the median was up against the semi, Sky5 footage demonstrated. A car facing in the wrong direction was lodged under the back of the pickup on the northbound side.
The other commercial vehicle involved, a tanker truck, collided with the big equipment and was badly bruised, aerial footage demonstrated.
At least one of the vehicles spilled oil across the roadway, and a hazardous material team responded to clean that up.
A big equipment was ruined in a flamy pileup. (Credit: Raul Roa / Times Community News)
All southbound lanes were closed for almost eight hours, and all but two of the northbound lanes were shut down for most of the day. All northbound lanes reopened just before six p.m. CHP had issued a SigAlert for all southbound lanes of the five Freeway, just north of Colorado Boulevard.
The crash caused significant delays in both directions of the five Freeway, and authorities encouraged motorists to avoid the area and take alternate routes to avoid the traffic congestion.
Southbound traffic was diverted off at the one hundred thirty four Freeway, while northbound vehicles were directed off at Colorado Street, according to CHP’s traffic log.
– Caltrans District seven (@CaltransDist7) April 26, 2017
KTLA’s Melissa Pamer contributed to this article.
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen, KTLA
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen
A man died and ten others were injured, one critically, following a flamy multivehicle collision on the five Freeway near Griffith Park that prompted the total closure of southbound lanes for almost eight hours, growling traffic Tuesday.
California Highway Patrol officials on scene primarily said southbound lanes would remain closed until ten p.m., but all lanes were reopened before seven p.m.
A flamy pileup in Griffith Park sent black smoke billowing into the air, drone movie showcased. (Credit: John David Gurka)
Several agencies responded to the Golden State Freeway just north of the Colorado Street off-ramp in Los Angeles just before eleven a.m. to reports of a flamy pileup on the southbound side, according to CHP.
Investigators believe a box truck heading north on the freeway lost control and went over the center divider, triggering the chain-reaction collision on the southbound side, CHP spokesman Jose Nunez said.
The crash ignited a large explosion, sending plumes of thick, black smoke into the air that were visible for miles.
When very first responders arrived, they found at least eight vehicles — three commercial trucks, three passenger cars, one passenger van and a truck — involved in the collision, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said. Several vehicles were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
A multivehicle crash occurred on the five Freeway in the Los Feliz area on April 25, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)
A total of seventy five firefighters from the Los Angeles, Burbank and Glendale fire departments responded to the scene and extinguished the flames, according to Andy Fox, also of LAFD.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, Fox said at an early afternoon news conference. He said a total of twelve patients were treated, but officials later updated the figure to 11, including the victim who died.
Authorities later said the victim killed was a masculine adult, and they described the victim in critical condition as a 27-year-old woman. The nine injured others were transported to hospitals. The victims’ ages ranged inbetween twenty two to seventy one years old, authorities said.
A pet dog was also killed in the massive inferno, according to fire officials.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office responded to the scene, and will identify the man killed and determine his cause of death. It was not instantaneously known which vehicle the victim had been in.
An investigation is underway after a multi-vehicle crash involving two of big equipments closed the southbound five Freeway near Griffith Park late Tuesday morning. (Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Meantime, cleanup took hours.
A big equipment, which CHP officials said had been loaded with milk, was downright demolished in the flames. More than two hours after the collision, the truck’s burned-out shell remained across the middle of the roadway.
The crash scene spanned both sides of the freeway, with one vehicle underneath the smoldering big equipment on the southbound side of the road, while a pickup truck sitting astride the median was up against the semi, Sky5 footage showcased. A car facing in the wrong direction was lodged under the back of the pickup on the northbound side.
The other commercial vehicle involved, a tanker truck, collided with the big equipment and was badly bruised, aerial footage displayed.
At least one of the vehicles spilled oil across the roadway, and a hazardous material team responded to clean that up.
A big equipment was demolished in a flamy pileup. (Credit: Raul Roa / Times Community News)
All southbound lanes were closed for almost eight hours, and all but two of the northbound lanes were shut down for most of the day. All northbound lanes reopened just before six p.m. CHP had issued a SigAlert for all southbound lanes of the five Freeway, just north of Colorado Boulevard.
The crash caused significant delays in both directions of the five Freeway, and authorities encouraged motorists to avoid the area and take alternate routes to avoid the traffic congestion.
Southbound traffic was diverted off at the one hundred thirty four Freeway, while northbound vehicles were directed off at Colorado Street, according to CHP’s traffic log.
– Caltrans District seven (@CaltransDist7) April 26, 2017
KTLA’s Melissa Pamer contributed to this article.
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen, KTLA
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen
A man died and ten others were injured, one critically, following a flamy multivehicle collision on the five Freeway near Griffith Park that prompted the utter closure of southbound lanes for almost eight hours, roaring traffic Tuesday.
California Highway Patrol officials on scene originally said southbound lanes would remain closed until ten p.m., but all lanes were reopened before seven p.m.
A flamy pileup in Griffith Park sent black smoke billowing into the air, drone movie demonstrated. (Credit: John David Gurka)
Several agencies responded to the Golden State Freeway just north of the Colorado Street off-ramp in Los Angeles just before eleven a.m. to reports of a flamy pileup on the southbound side, according to CHP.
Investigators believe a box truck heading north on the freeway lost control and went over the center divider, triggering the chain-reaction collision on the southbound side, CHP spokesman Jose Nunez said.
The crash ignited a large explosion, sending plumes of thick, black smoke into the air that were visible for miles.
When very first responders arrived, they found at least eight vehicles — three commercial trucks, three passenger cars, one passenger van and a truck — involved in the collision, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said. Several vehicles were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
A multivehicle crash occurred on the five Freeway in the Los Feliz area on April 25, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)
A total of seventy five firefighters from the Los Angeles, Burbank and Glendale fire departments responded to the scene and extinguished the flames, according to Andy Fox, also of LAFD.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, Fox said at an early afternoon news conference. He said a total of twelve patients were treated, but officials later updated the figure to 11, including the victim who died.
Authorities later said the victim killed was a masculine adult, and they described the victim in critical condition as a 27-year-old woman. The nine injured others were transported to hospitals. The victims’ ages ranged inbetween twenty two to seventy one years old, authorities said.
A pet dog was also killed in the massive inferno, according to fire officials.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office responded to the scene, and will identify the man killed and determine his cause of death. It was not instantly known which vehicle the victim had been in.
An investigation is underway after a multi-vehicle crash involving two of big equipments closed the southbound five Freeway near Griffith Park late Tuesday morning. (Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Meantime, cleanup took hours.
A big equipment, which CHP officials said had been loaded with milk, was downright ruined in the flames. More than two hours after the collision, the truck’s burned-out shell remained across the middle of the roadway.
The crash scene spanned both sides of the freeway, with one vehicle underneath the smoldering big equipment on the southbound side of the road, while a pickup truck sitting astride the median was up against the semi, Sky5 footage displayed. A car facing in the wrong direction was lodged under the back of the pickup on the northbound side.
The other commercial vehicle involved, a tanker truck, collided with the big equipment and was badly bruised, aerial footage displayed.
At least one of the vehicles spilled oil across the roadway, and a hazardous material team responded to clean that up.
A big equipment was demolished in a flamy pileup. (Credit: Raul Roa / Times Community News)
All southbound lanes were closed for almost eight hours, and all but two of the northbound lanes were shut down for most of the day. All northbound lanes reopened just before six p.m. CHP had issued a SigAlert for all southbound lanes of the five Freeway, just north of Colorado Boulevard.
The crash caused significant delays in both directions of the five Freeway, and authorities encouraged motorists to avoid the area and take alternate routes to avoid the traffic congestion.
Southbound traffic was diverted off at the one hundred thirty four Freeway, while northbound vehicles were directed off at Colorado Street, according to CHP’s traffic log.
– Caltrans District seven (@CaltransDist7) April 26, 2017
KTLA’s Melissa Pamer contributed to this article.
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen, KTLA
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen
A man died and ten others were injured, one critically, following a flamy multivehicle collision on the five Freeway near Griffith Park that prompted the total closure of southbound lanes for almost eight hours, roaring traffic Tuesday.
California Highway Patrol officials on scene originally said southbound lanes would remain closed until ten p.m., but all lanes were reopened before seven p.m.
A flamy pileup in Griffith Park sent black smoke billowing into the air, drone movie demonstrated. (Credit: John David Gurka)
Several agencies responded to the Golden State Freeway just north of the Colorado Street off-ramp in Los Angeles just before eleven a.m. to reports of a flamy pileup on the southbound side, according to CHP.
Investigators believe a box truck heading north on the freeway lost control and went over the center divider, triggering the chain-reaction collision on the southbound side, CHP spokesman Jose Nunez said.
The crash ignited a large explosion, sending plumes of thick, black smoke into the air that were visible for miles.
When very first responders arrived, they found at least eight vehicles — three commercial trucks, three passenger cars, one passenger van and a truck — involved in the collision, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said. Several vehicles were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
A multivehicle crash occurred on the five Freeway in the Los Feliz area on April 25, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)
A total of seventy five firefighters from the Los Angeles, Burbank and Glendale fire departments responded to the scene and extinguished the flames, according to Andy Fox, also of LAFD.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, Fox said at an early afternoon news conference. He said a total of twelve patients were treated, but officials later updated the figure to 11, including the victim who died.
Authorities later said the victim killed was a masculine adult, and they described the victim in critical condition as a 27-year-old woman. The nine injured others were transported to hospitals. The victims’ ages ranged inbetween twenty two to seventy one years old, authorities said.
A pet dog was also killed in the massive inferno, according to fire officials.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office responded to the scene, and will identify the man killed and determine his cause of death. It was not instantaneously known which vehicle the victim had been in.
An investigation is underway after a multi-vehicle crash involving two of big equipments closed the southbound five Freeway near Griffith Park late Tuesday morning. (Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Meantime, cleanup took hours.
A big equipment, which CHP officials said had been loaded with milk, was totally demolished in the flames. More than two hours after the collision, the truck’s burned-out shell remained across the middle of the roadway.
The crash scene spanned both sides of the freeway, with one vehicle underneath the smoldering big equipment on the southbound side of the road, while a pickup truck sitting astride the median was up against the semi, Sky5 footage displayed. A car facing in the wrong direction was lodged under the back of the pickup on the northbound side.
The other commercial vehicle involved, a tanker truck, collided with the big equipment and was badly bruised, aerial footage showcased.
At least one of the vehicles spilled oil across the roadway, and a hazardous material team responded to clean that up.
A big equipment was demolished in a flamy pileup. (Credit: Raul Roa / Times Community News)
All southbound lanes were closed for almost eight hours, and all but two of the northbound lanes were shut down for most of the day. All northbound lanes reopened just before six p.m. CHP had issued a SigAlert for all southbound lanes of the five Freeway, just north of Colorado Boulevard.
The crash caused significant delays in both directions of the five Freeway, and authorities encouraged motorists to avoid the area and take alternate routes to avoid the traffic congestion.
Southbound traffic was diverted off at the one hundred thirty four Freeway, while northbound vehicles were directed off at Colorado Street, according to CHP’s traffic log.
– Caltrans District seven (@CaltransDist7) April 26, 2017
KTLA’s Melissa Pamer contributed to this article.
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen, KTLA
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen
A man died and ten others were injured, one critically, following a flamy multivehicle collision on the five Freeway near Griffith Park that prompted the total closure of southbound lanes for almost eight hours, roaring traffic Tuesday.
California Highway Patrol officials on scene primarily said southbound lanes would remain closed until ten p.m., but all lanes were reopened before seven p.m.
A flamy pileup in Griffith Park sent black smoke billowing into the air, drone movie showcased. (Credit: John David Gurka)
Several agencies responded to the Golden State Freeway just north of the Colorado Street off-ramp in Los Angeles just before eleven a.m. to reports of a flamy pileup on the southbound side, according to CHP.
Investigators believe a box truck heading north on the freeway lost control and went over the center divider, triggering the chain-reaction collision on the southbound side, CHP spokesman Jose Nunez said.
The crash ignited a large explosion, sending plumes of thick, black smoke into the air that were visible for miles.
When very first responders arrived, they found at least eight vehicles — three commercial trucks, three passenger cars, one passenger van and a truck — involved in the collision, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said. Several vehicles were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
A multivehicle crash occurred on the five Freeway in the Los Feliz area on April 25, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)
A total of seventy five firefighters from the Los Angeles, Burbank and Glendale fire departments responded to the scene and extinguished the flames, according to Andy Fox, also of LAFD.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, Fox said at an early afternoon news conference. He said a total of twelve patients were treated, but officials later updated the figure to 11, including the victim who died.
Authorities later said the victim killed was a masculine adult, and they described the victim in critical condition as a 27-year-old woman. The nine injured others were transported to hospitals. The victims’ ages ranged inbetween twenty two to seventy one years old, authorities said.
A pet dog was also killed in the massive inferno, according to fire officials.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office responded to the scene, and will identify the man killed and determine his cause of death. It was not instantly known which vehicle the victim had been in.
An investigation is underway after a multi-vehicle crash involving two of big equipments closed the southbound five Freeway near Griffith Park late Tuesday morning. (Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Meantime, cleanup took hours.
A big equipment, which CHP officials said had been loaded with milk, was totally ruined in the flames. More than two hours after the collision, the truck’s burned-out shell remained across the middle of the roadway.
The crash scene spanned both sides of the freeway, with one vehicle underneath the smoldering big equipment on the southbound side of the road, while a pickup truck sitting astride the median was up against the semi, Sky5 footage displayed. A car facing in the wrong direction was lodged under the back of the pickup on the northbound side.
The other commercial vehicle involved, a tanker truck, collided with the big equipment and was badly bruised, aerial footage demonstrated.
At least one of the vehicles spilled oil across the roadway, and a hazardous material team responded to clean that up.
A big equipment was demolished in a flamy pileup. (Credit: Raul Roa / Times Community News)
All southbound lanes were closed for almost eight hours, and all but two of the northbound lanes were shut down for most of the day. All northbound lanes reopened just before six p.m. CHP had issued a SigAlert for all southbound lanes of the five Freeway, just north of Colorado Boulevard.
The crash caused significant delays in both directions of the five Freeway, and authorities encouraged motorists to avoid the area and take alternate routes to avoid the traffic congestion.
Southbound traffic was diverted off at the one hundred thirty four Freeway, while northbound vehicles were directed off at Colorado Street, according to CHP’s traffic log.
– Caltrans District seven (@CaltransDist7) April 26, 2017
KTLA’s Melissa Pamer contributed to this article.
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen, KTLA
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen
A man died and ten others were injured, one critically, following a flamy multivehicle collision on the five Freeway near Griffith Park that prompted the utter closure of southbound lanes for almost eight hours, growling traffic Tuesday.
California Highway Patrol officials on scene originally said southbound lanes would remain closed until ten p.m., but all lanes were reopened before seven p.m.
A flamy pileup in Griffith Park sent black smoke billowing into the air, drone movie displayed. (Credit: John David Gurka)
Several agencies responded to the Golden State Freeway just north of the Colorado Street off-ramp in Los Angeles just before eleven a.m. to reports of a flamy pileup on the southbound side, according to CHP.
Investigators believe a box truck heading north on the freeway lost control and went over the center divider, triggering the chain-reaction collision on the southbound side, CHP spokesman Jose Nunez said.
The crash ignited a large explosion, sending plumes of thick, black smoke into the air that were visible for miles.
When very first responders arrived, they found at least eight vehicles — three commercial trucks, three passenger cars, one passenger van and a truck — involved in the collision, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said. Several vehicles were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
A multivehicle crash occurred on the five Freeway in the Los Feliz area on April 25, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)
A total of seventy five firefighters from the Los Angeles, Burbank and Glendale fire departments responded to the scene and extinguished the flames, according to Andy Fox, also of LAFD.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, Fox said at an early afternoon news conference. He said a total of twelve patients were treated, but officials later updated the figure to 11, including the victim who died.
Authorities later said the victim killed was a masculine adult, and they described the victim in critical condition as a 27-year-old woman. The nine injured others were transported to hospitals. The victims’ ages ranged inbetween twenty two to seventy one years old, authorities said.
A pet dog was also killed in the massive inferno, according to fire officials.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office responded to the scene, and will identify the man killed and determine his cause of death. It was not instantly known which vehicle the victim had been in.
An investigation is underway after a multi-vehicle crash involving two of big equipments closed the southbound five Freeway near Griffith Park late Tuesday morning. (Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Meantime, cleanup took hours.
A big equipment, which CHP officials said had been loaded with milk, was totally ruined in the flames. More than two hours after the collision, the truck’s burned-out shell remained across the middle of the roadway.
The crash scene spanned both sides of the freeway, with one vehicle underneath the smoldering big equipment on the southbound side of the road, while a pickup truck sitting astride the median was up against the semi, Sky5 footage displayed. A car facing in the wrong direction was lodged under the back of the pickup on the northbound side.
The other commercial vehicle involved, a tanker truck, collided with the big equipment and was badly bruised, aerial footage showcased.
At least one of the vehicles spilled oil across the roadway, and a hazardous material team responded to clean that up.
A big equipment was demolished in a flamy pileup. (Credit: Raul Roa / Times Community News)
All southbound lanes were closed for almost eight hours, and all but two of the northbound lanes were shut down for most of the day. All northbound lanes reopened just before six p.m. CHP had issued a SigAlert for all southbound lanes of the five Freeway, just north of Colorado Boulevard.
The crash caused significant delays in both directions of the five Freeway, and authorities encouraged motorists to avoid the area and take alternate routes to avoid the traffic congestion.
Southbound traffic was diverted off at the one hundred thirty four Freeway, while northbound vehicles were directed off at Colorado Street, according to CHP’s traffic log.
– Caltrans District seven (@CaltransDist7) April 26, 2017
KTLA’s Melissa Pamer contributed to this article.
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen, KTLA
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen
A man died and ten others were injured, one critically, following a flamy multivehicle collision on the five Freeway near Griffith Park that prompted the utter closure of southbound lanes for almost eight hours, roaring traffic Tuesday.
California Highway Patrol officials on scene originally said southbound lanes would remain closed until ten p.m., but all lanes were reopened before seven p.m.
A flamy pileup in Griffith Park sent black smoke billowing into the air, drone movie showcased. (Credit: John David Gurka)
Several agencies responded to the Golden State Freeway just north of the Colorado Street off-ramp in Los Angeles just before eleven a.m. to reports of a flamy pileup on the southbound side, according to CHP.
Investigators believe a box truck heading north on the freeway lost control and went over the center divider, triggering the chain-reaction collision on the southbound side, CHP spokesman Jose Nunez said.
The crash ignited a large explosion, sending plumes of thick, black smoke into the air that were visible for miles.
When very first responders arrived, they found at least eight vehicles — three commercial trucks, three passenger cars, one passenger van and a truck — involved in the collision, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said. Several vehicles were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
A multivehicle crash occurred on the five Freeway in the Los Feliz area on April 25, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)
A total of seventy five firefighters from the Los Angeles, Burbank and Glendale fire departments responded to the scene and extinguished the flames, according to Andy Fox, also of LAFD.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, Fox said at an early afternoon news conference. He said a total of twelve patients were treated, but officials later updated the figure to 11, including the victim who died.
Authorities later said the victim killed was a masculine adult, and they described the victim in critical condition as a 27-year-old woman. The nine injured others were transported to hospitals. The victims’ ages ranged inbetween twenty two to seventy one years old, authorities said.
A pet dog was also killed in the massive inferno, according to fire officials.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office responded to the scene, and will identify the man killed and determine his cause of death. It was not instantaneously known which vehicle the victim had been in.
An investigation is underway after a multi-vehicle crash involving two of big equipments closed the southbound five Freeway near Griffith Park late Tuesday morning. (Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Meantime, cleanup took hours.
A big equipment, which CHP officials said had been loaded with milk, was fully demolished in the flames. More than two hours after the collision, the truck’s burned-out shell remained across the middle of the roadway.
The crash scene spanned both sides of the freeway, with one vehicle underneath the smoldering big equipment on the southbound side of the road, while a pickup truck sitting astride the median was up against the semi, Sky5 footage displayed. A car facing in the wrong direction was lodged under the back of the pickup on the northbound side.
The other commercial vehicle involved, a tanker truck, collided with the big equipment and was badly bruised, aerial footage displayed.
At least one of the vehicles spilled oil across the roadway, and a hazardous material team responded to clean that up.
A big equipment was ruined in a flamy pileup. (Credit: Raul Roa / Times Community News)
All southbound lanes were closed for almost eight hours, and all but two of the northbound lanes were shut down for most of the day. All northbound lanes reopened just before six p.m. CHP had issued a SigAlert for all southbound lanes of the five Freeway, just north of Colorado Boulevard.
The crash caused significant delays in both directions of the five Freeway, and authorities encouraged motorists to avoid the area and take alternate routes to avoid the traffic congestion.
Southbound traffic was diverted off at the one hundred thirty four Freeway, while northbound vehicles were directed off at Colorado Street, according to CHP’s traffic log.
– Caltrans District seven (@CaltransDist7) April 26, 2017
KTLA’s Melissa Pamer contributed to this article.
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen, KTLA
1 Dead, ten Injured After Flamy Crash on five Freeway Near Griffith Park; All Lanes Reopen
A man died and ten others were injured, one critically, following a flamy multivehicle collision on the five Freeway near Griffith Park that prompted the total closure of southbound lanes for almost eight hours, growling traffic Tuesday.
California Highway Patrol officials on scene primarily said southbound lanes would remain closed until ten p.m., but all lanes were reopened before seven p.m.
A flamy pileup in Griffith Park sent black smoke billowing into the air, drone movie showcased. (Credit: John David Gurka)
Several agencies responded to the Golden State Freeway just north of the Colorado Street off-ramp in Los Angeles just before eleven a.m. to reports of a flamy pileup on the southbound side, according to CHP.
Investigators believe a box truck heading north on the freeway lost control and went over the center divider, triggering the chain-reaction collision on the southbound side, CHP spokesman Jose Nunez said.
The crash ignited a large explosion, sending plumes of thick, black smoke into the air that were visible for miles.
When very first responders arrived, they found at least eight vehicles — three commercial trucks, three passenger cars, one passenger van and a truck — involved in the collision, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said. Several vehicles were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
A multivehicle crash occurred on the five Freeway in the Los Feliz area on April 25, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)
A total of seventy five firefighters from the Los Angeles, Burbank and Glendale fire departments responded to the scene and extinguished the flames, according to Andy Fox, also of LAFD.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, Fox said at an early afternoon news conference. He said a total of twelve patients were treated, but officials later updated the figure to 11, including the victim who died.
Authorities later said the victim killed was a masculine adult, and they described the victim in critical condition as a 27-year-old woman. The nine injured others were transported to hospitals. The victims’ ages ranged inbetween twenty two to seventy one years old, authorities said.
A pet dog was also killed in the massive inferno, according to fire officials.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office responded to the scene, and will identify the man killed and determine his cause of death. It was not instantaneously known which vehicle the victim had been in.
An investigation is underway after a multi-vehicle crash involving two of big equipments closed the southbound five Freeway near Griffith Park late Tuesday morning. (Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Meantime, cleanup took hours.
A big equipment, which CHP officials said had been loaded with milk, was fully demolished in the flames. More than two hours after the collision, the truck’s burned-out shell remained across the middle of the roadway.
The crash scene spanned both sides of the freeway, with one vehicle underneath the smoldering big equipment on the southbound side of the road, while a pickup truck sitting astride the median was up against the semi, Sky5 footage demonstrated. A car facing in the wrong direction was lodged under the back of the pickup on the northbound side.
The other commercial vehicle involved, a tanker truck, collided with the big equipment and was badly bruised, aerial footage displayed.
At least one of the vehicles spilled oil across the roadway, and a hazardous material team responded to clean that up.
A big equipment was demolished in a flamy pileup. (Credit: Raul Roa / Times Community News)
All southbound lanes were closed for almost eight hours, and all but two of the northbound lanes were shut down for most of the day. All northbound lanes reopened just before six p.m. CHP had issued a SigAlert for all southbound lanes of the five Freeway, just north of Colorado Boulevard.
The crash caused significant delays in both directions of the five Freeway, and authorities encouraged motorists to avoid the area and take alternate routes to avoid the traffic congestion.
Southbound traffic was diverted off at the one hundred thirty four Freeway, while northbound vehicles were directed off at Colorado Street, according to CHP’s traffic log.
– Caltrans District seven (@CaltransDist7) April 26, 2017
KTLA’s Melissa Pamer contributed to this article.