3 Killed In Separate Crashes Throughout SoCal
WHITTIER (CBSLA.com) — It was a deadly Tuesday morning on Southern California's freeways and roads.
Three people were killed in unrelated crashes throughout Southern California.
In Granada Hills, a 53-year-old Lancaster man was killed when his 2017 Harley-Davidson slammed into a truck in the carpool lane on the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway near Balboa Boulevard at about 4:29 a.m.
#SIG in sylmar 5at 210.. will be in effect till 8am
— Jen (@jennyriffic) August 29, 2017
Three southbound lanes were closed for the investigation, and traffic was backed up on the eastbound 210 Freeway – which feeds into the 5 Freeway -- all the way to Via Princessa. The roadway was closed for several hours, but was reopened just after 8 a.m.
About an hour earlier, a crash at about 3:27 a.m. involved a sedan and a Caltrans truck on the eastbound Riverside (91) Freeway in Anaheim. An Inland Empire man was declared dead at the scene, while the driver of the Caltrans truck was out of the vehicle and not injured.
A contractor 4 #Caltrans leapt out of the way as small white car slammed into sign/truck on EB 91. @CBSLA @KNX1070 pic.twitter.com/LnKDNn6wgT
— Jon Baird (@KNXBaird) August 29, 2017
The eastbound 91 Freeway was taken down to one lane but lanes were reopened before 6 a.m.
3800blk Workman Hill Rd. @chp_la / @LACoroner on scene of single car fatal wreck. N.Workman shut/Rose Hills. @KCBSKCALDesk @_JenniferKim pic.twitter.com/k2J5VLRadt
— Mark Dunn (@mobile2markdunn) August 29, 2017
In Whittier, 22-year-old Manuel Vazquez of El Monte was killed after a vehicle slammed into a cement pillar outside Rose Hills Memorial Park at about 2:13 a.m. The impact of the crash made the pillar topple over, crushing him.