Multi automotive crash with oil spill shuts down lanes on 5 Freeway – NBC Los Angeles
An overturned semi- trailer concerned in a multi-vehicle crash coupled with an oil spill shut down all lanes of a freeway connector highway for a number of hours close to Griffith Park on Wednesday, the California Freeway Patrol reported.
Officers from the CHP responded at roughly 11:30 p.m. Tuesday to the northbound 5 Freeway, south of the westbound 134 Freeway the place they discovered the jack-knifed semi and several other autos concerned in a collision, together with a black Nissan Pathfinder, a white Toyota Camry and a black Honda Civic, CHP Officer Elizabeth Kravig advised Metropolis Information Service.
On account of the overturned semi, gas from the large rig spilled onto the freeway and paramedics from the Los Angeles Hearth Division responded to the scene to deal with the victims of the crash.
In response to stories from the scene, LAFD paramedics took not less than one individual to hospital in an unknown situation and different events had been handled on the scene.
The reason for the collision is underneath investigation, Kravig stated.
Visitors from the northbound 5 was diverted to the 134 Freeway, Kravig added.
Caltrans crews responded to the scene and started working to wash up the gas spill, the CHP reported.
The crash closed all lanes of the northbound 5 Freeway till after 5 a.m.
