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Big Rig Collision Stalls Interstate 5 Traffic

A big rig collision tied up southbound traffic for hours on Interstate 5 Tuesday morning.


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California Highway Patrol officials reported a big rig “traveling at an unsafe speed” collided into the rear end of another big rig around 4:30 a.m.

Jose Luis Alcala, 58, of Oxnard, who reportedly rear-ended Victor Javier Marin, 69, of Culver City, sustained major injuries in the crash and was transported to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital.

A SigAlert was issued for two lanes of Interstate 5 that was still in effect as of 9:20 .m. Tuesday.

Alcohol and drugs are not suspected to be factors in this collision.

No arrest has been made at this time.

 

 

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Big Rig Collision Stalls Interstate 5 Traffic

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Perry Smith is a print and broadcast journalist who has won several awards for his focused, hyperlocal community coverage in several different regions of the country. In addition to five years of experience covering the Santa Clarita Valley, Smith, a San Fernando Valley native, has worked in newspapers and news websites in Los Angeles, the Northwest, the Central Valley and the South, before coming to KHTS in 2012. To contact Smith, email him at [email protected].