A big rig crash on the I-5 freeway near Magic Mountain Parkway prompted a hazardous materials response Sunday morning.  The big rig crash on the 5 freeway began leaking fluid onto the roadway around 10:15 a.m., according to Los Angeles County Fire Department officials. First responders arrived on scene and requested a hazmat team to contain the spill as a ...

A big rig carrying oranges crashed in Valencia early Wednesday morning, causing a sticky morning commute on the 5 Freeway.  On Wednesday, around 6:40 a.m, two big rigs including one carrying oranges were involved in a crash on the southbound 5 Freeway at Valencia Boulevard, Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall office said.   No serious injuries were reported, ...

On Friday morning a crash involving multiple vehicles including a semi-truck occurred on the 5 freeway north of Castaic.   On Friday around 11:16 a.m., first responders responded to a traffic collision on the southbound 5 freeway near Templin Highway involving four vehicles including a big rig that overturned, according to the California Highway Patrol incident page. The big rig was ...

A jack-knifed big rig with an overturned trailer caused heavy delays on the northbound 5 Freeway through the Newhall pass during the Tuesday morning commute. Around 5:55 a.m. Tuesday, a big rig jack-knifed on the northbound 5 Freeway south of Calgrove Boulevard in Newhall, according to officials with the California Highway Patrol (CHP). “A tractor towing double trailers lost control, ...

A Santa Monica man was arrested Monday after he reportedly led California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers on a slow speed chase after he was allegedly “suspiciously following a big rig” north of Castaic. Around 12:20 a.m. Monday, CHP Newhall units received a call of a suspicious vehicle following a big rig on the southbound 5 Freeway at Templin Highway, north ...

A Torrance man has been identified as the big rig driver who was found dead in his truck Tuesday afternoon. Gerardo Barragan Prado, 62, from Torrance, has been identified as the big rig driver found dead in Gorman, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Coroners Office. Around 2 p.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a big rig ...

A big rig driver was found dead in his truck Tuesday afternoon in Gorman.  Around 2 p.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a big rig driver suffering from a medical emergency on the Smokey Bear Road on-ramp to the southbound 5 Freeway in Gorman, said Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Office.  “Upon ...

A big rig loaded with boulders has overturned spilling it’s load across southbound 5 Freeway lanes in the Newhall Pass Tuesday.  Around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a traffic collision involving a big rig in the Newhall Pass on the southbound 5 Freeway south of the 14 Freeway interchange, according to California Highway Patrol logs.  The big ...

No injuries were reported after a bread truck plunged 200 feet down an embankment off the 5 Freeway in Castaic Monday.  Around 2:50 p.m. Monday, first responders received reports of a traffic collision involving a bread truck on the northbound 5 Freeway north of Lake Hughes Road in Castaic, according to the California Highway Patrol, (CHP) logs.  Initial reports were ...

Two people were taken to the hospital Monday evening after a vehicle rear-ended a big rig on the 5 Freeway in Newhall.  At around 4:30 p.m. first responders received reports of a crash involving a big rig on the middle lanes of the northbound 5 Freeway, south of Lyons Avenue.  “It came in as a persons trapped call but nobody ...