Traffic & Transit
SigAlert: Fatal 5 Freeway Pile-Up Backs Up Traffic
Traffic was backed up for miles, and several lanes of the northbound 5 Freeway at the 405 Freeway were blocked Friday morning.
GRANADA HILLS, CA —A 28-year-old woman was killed Friday in a multi- vehicle crash on the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway in Granada Hills.
Yessenia Camacho of Lancaster died at the scene of the collision, which occurred near the connector ramp to the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway about 5:15 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol and the coroner's office.
At least four vehicles were involved in the crash, which left four southbound lanes of the freeway blocked for more than two hours, snarling traffic during the morning commute. A witness told the CHP that the driver of a sedan weaved from the right side of the freeway to the carpool lane and hit the other vehicles.
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There was no word on other injuries.
City News Service