Overview
- Two vehicles left the southbound 405 near Victory Boulevard and plunged roughly 200 feet down an embankment next to Woodley Park, leaving both cars overturned.
- Firefighters used hydraulic extrication tools on scene to free trapped occupants from an overturned pickup and a nearby sedan.
- Five people were taken by ambulance to local hospitals for treatment and their conditions have not been publicly released.
- The California Highway Patrol has opened an investigation and is collecting witness statements, including an account that one vehicle was speeding in and out of lanes before the collision.
- All southbound lanes at the crash site were closed for emergency response and evidence collection and were reported reopened later that night, underscoring recurring safety and rescue challenges on the 405.