A pedestrian was killed early Monday morning in a hit-and-run collision on the I-5 near Newhall. At approximately 2:16 a.m. Monday, California Highway Patrol (CHP) and Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to reports of a body in traffic lanes on northbound I-5, just north of Weldon Canyon Road, said Officer Andre Ortiz, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area ...

A chain reaction collision on Interstate 5 in Santa Clarita on Christmas evening resulted in one fatality, according to a press release from the California Highway Patrol Newhall Area Office. The incident occurred at approximately 5:27 p.m. on Christmas Day on northbound I-5, south of Magic Mountain Parkway. CHP officers were initially dispatched following reports of a single-vehicle crash. While ...

The California Highway Patrol Newhall Area Office is investigating a Christmas Day collision on Interstate 5 that resulted in the deaths of two minors, according to a CHP press release. “Today’s loss of two young lives is heartbreaking. Our thoughts are with the families of those involved in this tragedy,” said Captain Purvis of the California Highway Patrol in a ...

The driver of a vehicle that overturned on the 5 Freeway in Newhall last Friday has died, law enforcement confirmed.  Last Friday, a vehicle overturned and caught fire on the northbound 5 Freeway in Newhall, and the driver succumbed to his injuries, according to Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol. While Burgos-Lopez was able to confirm the driver ...

A deceased person was extricated from their vehicle in a ditch off the 5 Freeway early Sunday morning, after a solo-vehicle crash sparked flames in Santa Clarita.  Around 1:55 a.m. Sunday, firefighters responded to the 5 Freeway and McBean Parkway after hearing reports of flames in a ditch, according to Melanie Flores, a dispatch supervisor with the Los Angeles County ...

A man has been identified as the truck driver killed after their “fully loaded” big rig crashed over the side of the northbound I-5 Freeway near Templin Highway north of Castaic. On Tuesday, officials with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner identified 57-year-old Richard Peter Heeschen as the truck driver killed after his big rig crashed at least 50 feet ...

One person was killed after being ejected from their motorcycle following a crash on the I-5 Freeway in Castaic Saturday afternoon. At around noon on Saturday, first responders with the Los Angeles County Fire Department received reports of an expanded traffic collision on the southbound 5 Freeway near Hasley Canyon Road, according to an official with the department. When officials ...

The woman killed in a 5 Freeway crash near Gorman has been identified, officials said Monday. Carmen Sanchez Aragon, 50, of Piru, died in a solo-vehicle crash Saturday evening, according to Sara Ardalani, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Reports were received around 6:10 p.m. of a solo-vehicle crash on the southbound 5 Freeway, about one ...

Twelve years ago, the Newhall Pass Tunnel fire was sparked by a major traffic collision involving dozens of big rigs and passenger vehicles that killed three individuals and shut down the I-5 in both directions for days. On Friday, Oct.12, 2007 at 11:15 p.m., 24 big rigs and five passenger vehicles collided in the 550-foot southbound truck route tunnel on ...

A big rig crash on the I-5 Freeway resulted in at least one person being killed, causing traffic to be halted on both the 5 and 14 Freeways for several hours. A big rig crash on the I-5 Freeway resulted in at least one person being killed, causing traffic to be halted on both the 5 and 14 Freeways for ...