Overview
- The crash occurred around 9:14 a.m. on northbound I-5 near Cesar Chavez Avenue, overturning the truck onto its roof.
- The mixer was wedged over a k-rail and spilling concrete, threatening the 10 Freeway and the rail tracks below, which were shut down.
- LAFD Heavy Rescue and Urban Search and Rescue teams stabilized the scene as firefighters extricated the conscious driver for paramedic evaluation.
- The CHP issued a SigAlert at 9:45 a.m. that closed the I-10 to I-5 transition for hours and was fully lifted just before 5 p.m.
- A third-party crew pulled the tractor-trailer back from the edge and uprighted it to clear the connector.