A sports car crashed and caught fire Friday afternoon on Interstate 5 just north of the Calgrove Boulevard on-ramp, drawing responses from the California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles County Fire Department, according to a CHP spokesman and incident logs.
First responders were dispatched to a crash at approximately 3:30 p.m. with reports of an overturned sports car on fire, Carlos Burgos-Lopez with the CHP Newhall office said in a brief phone call with The Signal.
Initial reports indicated that a motorcycle and a sports car were involved in the crash, but once first responders made contact with the parties, they stated the motorcycle was not involved, according to the incident logs and radio dispatch traffic.
However, it was reported that the sports car was seen racing with the motorcycle in the moments leading to the crash, according to the incident logs. That information still had yet to be confirmed by CHP officials as they were actively investigating the circumstances of the crash, Burgos-Lopez said.
The only occupant of the sports car suffered serious burns to the body and was transported to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, he added.
It is believed that the incident was a single-vehicle collision, and a second car possibly suffered minor damage to its bumper, according to Burgos-Lopez.
Firefighters arrived at the scene of the incident at 3:46 p.m. and focused on extinguishing the flames of the vehicle, which did not spread to the brush, Los Angeles County Fire Department spokeswoman Katilyn Aldana said.
A SigAlert was issued for two hours at 4 p.m. for the Nos. 3 and 4 lanes on the northbound side as CHP officers continued their investigation and debris from the wreckage was cleaned up, Burgos-Lopez added.
