A big rig crashed this morning on the 5 Freeway and Highway 126 interchange north of Santa Clarita, prompting a hazmat response.   At around 8:30 a.m. Saturday, first responders received reports of a trailer that had slipped off a big rig and landed on its side between the eastbound 126 and northbound 5 freeway, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP).  ...

A Castaic woman has been identified as the pedestrian killed in a 5 Freeway big rig crash on Monday.  Hailey Smither, 28, from Castaic was killed in the crash, said Sarah Ardalani, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.  Initial Story Around 2:20 a.m. Monday, first responders received reports of a traffic collision on the northbound 5 Freeway near ...

A 30-year-old pedestrian was killed early Tuesday morning after being hit by a big rig when she attempted to run across the 5 Freeway in Castaic.  Around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a traffic collision on the northbound 5 Freeway near Lake Hughes Road in Castaic, said Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol, (CHP) ...

A big rig hauling sand tipped over on the 14 Freeway in Canyon Country after reportedly losing his brakes, impacting traffic Thursday. Around 1 p.m. Thursday, first responders received reports of a traffic collision on the Soledad Canyon Road on-ramp to the southbound 14 Freeway in Canyon Country involving sand spill, according to officials. The truck tipped over, spilling sand ...

A 5 Freeway traffic collision involving a big rig north of Santa Clarita has impacted traffic Wednesday morning. Around 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, first responders received reports of a traffic collision on the southbound 5 Freeway near Templin Highway north of Castaic, said Franklin Lopez, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. A big rig went off the Freeway ...

A 5 Freeway crash involving a big rig Tuesday morning resulted in lanes blocked in Santa Clarita. Around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a traffic collision on the southbound 5 Freeway near McBean Parkway in Valencia, said Franklin Lopez, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “No injuries were reported,” Lopez said. As a result of ...

A big rig carrying Budweiser beer plunged over 100 feet down an embankment off the 5 Freeway north of Santa Clarita Tuesday. UPDATE: (2:00 p.m.) — A SigAlert has been issued blocking the No. 3 and 4 lanes on the southbound 5 freeway for approximately five hours. Around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a traffic collision on the southbound ...

The southbound side of the I-5 Freeway was temporarily closed Thursday morning due to an overturned big rig near Lebec, north of the Santa Clarita Valley. Around 3:45 a.m. California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials began receiving reports of a slowdown on the 5 Freeway near Lebec due to an overturned big rig in the southbound lanes, according to CHP incident ...

A crash involving a jackknifed semi-truck blocked several lanes of the southbound 5 Freeway Monday morning. Around 9:55 a.m. Monday, emergency responders received reports of a traffic collision on the southbound 5 Freeway, just north of Magic Mountain Parkway, according to Franklin Lopez, spokesperson with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “We got a call that it was two vehicles, ...

All lanes of the 14 Freeway were temporarily blocked by a big rig crash over the center divider Monday morning, officials said. Around 7:50 a.m. Monday, emergency responders received reports of a big rig crash into the center divider of the northbound 14 Freeway near Soledad Canyon Road, according to Chris Thomas, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles County Fire ...