A crash late Wednesday night on the 5 freeway injured four people and shut down all northbound and southbound lanes for over an hour, leaving motorists stranded while crews worked to clean up high voltage lines thrown across the road.

The crash occurred at approximately 11:10 p.m., when a tractor trailer left the freeway’s northbound no. 4 lane and crashed into an Edison power pole, sending live wires onto the pavement. A second vehicle struck the wires and flipped, injuring all four passengers.

Within 10 minutes, a Sig Alert was put out that all traffic on the I-5 must stop due to the dangerous roadway condition. California Highway patrol officers worked with Caltrans officials and Edison repair crews throughout the night to fix the damage.

The southbound lanes were opened at 12:24 a.m. and the northbound lanes were reopened at 3:31 a.m.

A press release by the California Highway Patrol stated that neither alcohol nor drugs were factors in the crash, which is still under investigation.