One person died after an early-morning crash involving two box trucks and one sedan on the Interstate 5 northbound just south of Magic Mountain Parkway on Tuesday morning, according to officials with the California Highway Patrol Newhall-area Office.
Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel were dispatched at 3:03 a.m. to a report of a traffic collision involving a trapped person, according to officials with the Fire Department.
There was one person trapped in the truck, according to Keith Navarre, spokesman with the Fire Department.
There was one transport to the local trauma center at 3:49 a.m., Navarre said.
“A driver in a Toyota Corolla was traveling northbound I-5 when they lost control of their vehicle, subsequently crashing into the side of a box truck. That box truck overturned, landing on its side, blocking the 3 and 4 lanes,” according to a news release from Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez with the CHP. “A second box truck struck the first box truck, and veered left, coming to rest blocking lanes. The driver of the second box truck sustained fatal injuries as a result of the crash. The crash led to multiple lanes being blocked for multiple hours and multiple occupants being transported to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.”
The No. 3 and 4 lanes were closed on Tuesday morning, but have since reopened, according to the SIGAlert website.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, according to the CHP release.
