5 Freeway Reopened After Full Closure In Commerce
Traffic is being diverted off the freeway, which will be closed for an unknown duration, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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Traffic is being diverted off the freeway, which will be closed for an unknown duration, according to the California Highway Patrol.
An area of the southbound 5 Freeway will be partially closed this weekend in Downey for bridge deck repair work, state transportation officials said.
Florence Avenue ramps at the 5 Freeway have been reopened in Downey and Santa Fe Springs, Caltrans announced Friday.
The Los Angeles Police Department is trying to breakup what it's calling a "spontaneous rave" between the 5 and 10 Freeways in Cypress Park.
All lanes of the northbound 5 Freeway south of Highway 138 near Gorman were reopened Saturday afternoon after Caltrans shut down all lanes Saturday morning when about 1,000 gallons of asphalt spilled from a semi-truck tanker.
A 2.5-mile section of the 101 Freeway from the 10/101 split to the 5/10/101 interchange just east of downtown Los Angeles will be shut down starting at 10 p.m. Friday. The closure is scheduled to end Monday at 5 a.m.
The crash between a big rig and a sedan happened at about 10:15 a.m. on the southbound 5 Freeway at Valley View Avenue. Debris flew into the northbound lanes, and the CHP reported the semi was leaking fuel from the collision.
Overnight scattered showers left streets slick, giving way to more crashes than usual and flooding some freeways.
All lanes of the northbound 5 Freeway were shut down Thursday night after a traffic collision that killed a pedestrian.
Full overnight closures for construction on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway will take place in the Norwalk area Thursday evening, Friday morning, and next week.
Construction work will temporarily close the 5 Freeway in both directions in the Norwalk area starting this weekend.
The 12-mile stretch had been mostly closed since early Monday morning due to the second in a series of three winter storm fronts.
The crash was first reported at about 6 a.m. on the southbound 5 Freeway at Main Street. According to the California Highway Patrol, the truck was loaded with 80,000 pounds of milk that was leaking from the tanker.
Johnathan Suarez's passenger, 28-year-old Adan Aquino of Los Angeles, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the CHP and court records.
The crash that left the big rig on its side was reported just after 6 a.m. on the connector road from the 10 Freeway to the northbound 5 Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash was first reported as a motorcycle rider under a big rig at about 5:40 a.m. in the northbound lanes at Garfield Avenue.
The crash left the big rig's trailer detached from the cab and at an angle across the left lanes of the freeway.
The crash was reported at 8 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the 5 Freeway at Roxford Street, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Dispatchers say a cement truck was headed north on the freeway when it crashed into the center divider and left its cab in the southbound lanes.
All lanes in both directions of the 5 Freeway in the Norwalk area will be closed from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
The plane landed on the southbound 5 Freeway, south of Basilone just before 1 p.m. because it was experiencing mechanical failure.
One person died on Saturday afternoon after a multi-vehicle crash on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Lake Forest.
A box truck carrying a load of paper caught fire on the Golden State (5) Freeway on Thursday afternoon.
A deadly hit-and-run crash that killed two people was caught on dashcam video on Sunday afternoon.
About 50 vehicles stopped on the freeway to gather illegally at about 10 p.m. Witnesses to the takeover say they even saw fireworks set off.
