California Highway Patrol officers and the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to an incident near the Old Road and Lake Hughes Road in Castaic, in which a Toyota pickup truck drove off the southbound Interstate 5 on-ramp.
Supervising Fire Dispatcher Ed Pickett said fire officials received a call at 10:11 a.m. and arrived on scene at 10:15 a.m. After initial inspection, a second paramedic unit was called onto the scene, and two people were transported to a trauma center.
First responders extricated the driver of the silver truck from the vehicle, and he was transported to a trauma center. The extent of the driver’s injuries was not known at this time.
Officers were still investigating the circumstances surrounding the truck leaving the road.
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