PACOIMA, CA : 5 Freeway crashes prompt closures in Newhall on Thursday, 28th February 2019

wo semi-trucks crashed in separate incidents Thursday morning on the rain-soaked 5 Freeway, prompting closures in the Newhall Pass and Pacoima.

A semitrailer crashed into a center divider in the Newhall Pass, resulting in the shutdown of all truck lanes in both directions on the heavily trafficked interstate.

The single-vehicle collision happened about 1:14 a.m. on the southbound side of the freeway just south of Highway 14, said Officer James Tome of the California Highway Patrol.

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