A man who was threatening to jump off a San Diego (405) Freeway overpass in Westchester was safely taken into custody this afternoon, but not before he caused a shutdown of all southbound lanes. Authorities were alerted about 1:15 p.m. to the “behavioral emergency” at the La Tijera Boulevard overpass, Brian Humphrey of the Los […]
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One dead in Long Beach Fwy accident
A person was killed today in a crash on a freeway offramp in Long Beach. The crash was reported about 10:10 a.m. on the Studebaker Road offramp from the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. The offramp was closed while an investigation was conducted, the CHP reported.
Big rig crash shuts Long Beach Fwy for four hours
A crash involving two big rigs and two cars shut down two southbound lanes on the Long Beach (710) Freeway in Long Beach for nearly four hours, until early today, but no one was injured, the California Highway Patrol reported. The collision took place on the southbound 710 Freeway at Willow Street about 10:35 p.m. Monday, according to […]
Identity released of runaway driver who killed Metro worker in fiery crash
The coroner’s office today released the name of the man who took off from a police traffic stop in Hollywood and crashed into a Metro maintenance van, killing himself and the Metro worker. The driver who crashed a car into the Metro van was identified as 29-year-old Oscar Chavez, said coroner’s Lt. Larry Dietz. His city of […]
Man running on Hollywood Fwy struck and killed
A 42-year-old man was killed today when he was struck by a pickup truck while running on the Hollywood (170) Freeway in North Hollywood, the California Highway Patrol reported. The fatality occurred at 3:40 a.m. on the southbound 170 at Sherman Way, said CHP Officer Alex Rubio. The pedestrian, a Van Nuys resident whose name was not […]