A person suspected of murder was arrested by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) after a brief pursuit in Castaic Wednesday. Just after 7 a.m. Wednesday, officials with a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Taskforce — separate from the SCV Sheriff’s Station — were following a person suspected of murder on the northbound 5 Freeway in the Newhall area, Officer Carlos ...

A car crashed into a gas tanker on the 14 Freeway Friday morning in Agua Dulce blocking most northbound lanes for hours. Around 3:25 a.m. Friday, first responders received reports of a crash involving a semi-truck hauling gasoline on the northbound 14 Freeway near Escondido Canyon Road in Agua Dulce, said Officer Andre Ortiz, a spokesperson for the California Highway ...

A man was found dead in a semi-truck Monday afternoon in Castaic. Around 12:15 p.m. Monday, first responders received reports of a person found unresponsive in a semi-truck near the Pilot Gas Station in the 31000 block of Castaic Road in Castaic, said Justin Yang, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “Units arrived to find a male ...

A semi-truck overturned north of Castaic Tuesday, resulting in a fuel tank that spilled diesel onto the roadway. Around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a semi-truck that overturned on the northbound 5 Freeway near Templin Highway north of Castaic, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) logs. The driver of the semi-truck was able to get out with ...

A Walmart semi-truck caught fire in the Grapevine on Tuesday.  Around 12:05 p.m. Tuesday, a semi-truck caught fire on the southbound 5 Freeway at Smokey Bear Road north of Castaic, according to officials.  #CopcoFire SB I-5 at Smokey Bear Rd Southbound exit remains closed; Quail Lake Road is an alternate route. @CHP_Newhall @CaltransDist7 @LACoFDPIO pic.twitter.com/a83zCMigG1 — Angeles National Forest (@Angeles_NF) ...

A semi-truck went off the southbound 5 Freeway in a crash near Templin Highway north of Castaic Monday morning, closing two lanes. The 5 Freeway crash was reported at approximately 8:21 a.m. Monday, involving a semi-truck that went off the side of the road just north of Templin Highway, north of Castaic, according to Fred Fielding, a spokesperson for the ...

A trucker was arrested for felony hit-and-run Friday, after he allegedly caused a car to crash, injuring a pregnant mother and her children. Around 9:30 p.m. Friday, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Units responded to a solo vehicle crash on Highway 138 near Old Ridge Route Road north of Castaic, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall ...

A semi-truck fire on the 5 Freeway Tuesday afternoon led to the temporary closure of all southbound lanes. About 6:50 p.m. Tuesday, emergency responders received reports of a semi-truck fire near the Valencia on-ramp to the southbound 5 Freeway, according to incident logs from the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Firefighters discovered a burning semi-truck with some flames spreading to nearby ...

This week, a commercial semi-truck travelling northbound through the Grapevine made use of the Runaway Truck Escape Ramp, preventing an accident, officials said. The runaway ramps used are located on the east and west sides of the Northbound 5 Freeway where it descends into Kern County in the event a large vehicle loses its brakes, according to California Highway Patrol, ...

A semi-truck traveling on the southbound I-5 truck route lost control and went down an embankment Sunday morning. The initial call came in at 10:50 a.m., after the semi-truck jackknifed into the mud after careening down an embankment, blocking the off-ramp to Sierra Highway just north of the I-5 and Highway 14 interchange. Los Angeles County Fire received the call ...