Car fire on the northbound 405 Freeway near the 101 interchange in Sherman Oaks shuts several lanes of the highway, backing up traffic for miles.
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12
Aug
2011
405 Freeway Car Accident Shuts Freeway
12
Aug
2011
LAPD Officer Dies in 15 Freeway Car Accident
Major car crash on the 15 freeway claimed the life of an off-duty LAPD officer. Emergency personnel freed the trapped man from the vehicle.
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08
Aug
2011
3 Motorists Die in Truck Accident on 5 Freeway
Paramedics rushed 7 injured motorists to a local hospital for treatment and police officers closed the 5 freeway near Sacramento. Investigators on the scene.
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01
Aug
2011
Woman Dies in Fiery Crash Near Altamont Pass
A woman died Sunday morning in a single-vehicle crash when the sport utility vehicle she was driving went off a cliff, crashed and burned in eastern Alameda County near the Altamont Pass, report media outlets. According to the California Highway Patrol, at 8:52 a.m., a brown SUV was seen going off the right shoulder of eastbound Highway 580 by witnesses. The SUV overturned multiple times as it fell several hundred feet, bursting into flames at the bottom of a steep (read more)
Read MoreA San Luis Obispo man escaped a vehicle fire that consumed most of his belongings when the rental truck he was driving overturned and burst into flames Tuesday morning in Santa Maria on northbound Highway 101, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, the 9:40 a.m. accident occurred when a 2001 Toyota Sienna minivan traveling in front of the Budget Truck Rental vehicle braked suddenly and veered toward the right lane from the center lane, supposedly in response (read more)
Read MoreMedia sources reported that an accident involving two big rigs on the 15 Freeway brought morning traffic to a stop in Cajon Pass for several hours Monday while crews cleared debris and cleaned up a fuel spill. Officer Mario Lopez, a spokesman for the Inland Division of the California Highway Patrol, said that one of the big rig’s brakes failed at approximately 7:20am, causing it to strike several yellow barrels on the edge of the freeway, a bridge railing and (read more)
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06
Jul
2011
Two Survive Plane Crash into Hesperia Home
Two people survived a small airplane crash on a residential property in Hesperia on Tuesday night when the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing, report news sources. According a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman, the Cessna 182 lost power and the pilot of the single-engine plane was forced to land. At approximately 7:40 p.m., the pilot attempted to land on a dirt road, but the plane skidded, crashing into a parked car, causing the car to ignite. The aircraft (read more)
Read MoreA food truck caught fire on Interstate 710, snarling traffic for several miles Friday morning, report news sources. According to reports, the mobile kitchen became engulfed in flames near Atlantic Avenue, forcing the closure of two northbound lanes of the Long Beach Freeway. At about 7:30 a.m. California Highway Patrol officers and firefights responded to the scene. Authorities are unsure as to what caused the food truck to catch fire and touch of a miles-long tangle of stop-and-go traffic. As (read more)
Read MoreNews sources report that a single-vehicle crash sparked a brush fire near Oakdale Wednesday. According to reports, the vehicle crashed into a power pole on Highway 4 and caught fire. The accident sparked a brush fire. Crews from the Oakdale City Fire Department and the Oakdale Rural Fire Protection District as well as a state unit responded to the call around 1 a.m., said an OCFD official. Fire crews were at the scene for about an hour and a half, (read more)
Read MoreA big rig driver died Tuesday after the semi he was driving crashed and burst into flame near Fresno, report media sources. The fatal crash blocked eastbound lanes of Highway 152. According to California Highway Patrol officials, the truck was traveling in the far right lane when for unknown reasons the big rig drifted on to the shoulder of the Pacheco Pass, traveling up an embankment. The truck began to overturn and moved back on to the freeway. The accident, (read more)
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