Traffic & Transit
SigAlert: Pileup Blocks Southbound 5 Freeway Lanes In Lake Forest
Several lanes were blocked as paramedics treated victims of a crash near El Toro Road on the Golden State (5) Freeway.
LAKE FOREST, CA — A three-car pileup blocked several lanes of the Golden State (5) Freeway in Lake Forest Saturday afternoon, prompting the California Highway Patrol to issue a SigAlert.
Paramedics were called to the scene on the southbound side of the freeway just north of El Toro Road shortly after 2 p.m, according to the CHP. At least one person was being transported to the hospital and the 1 and 2 HOV lanes were blocked.
Authorities did not issue an estimate for when the lanes would reopen.
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