5 HURT IN COLLISION ON GOLDEN STATE.Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer Five people were injured in a collision on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. in Newhall on Saturday, causing a major traffic jam in the area. California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Josh Moore said a 1978 Ford Fairmount carrying seven passengers was hit from behind by a 1986 Volkswagen Golf near the Lyons Avenue off-ramp at about 10:30 a.m. ``Both cars spun out of control, and the Fairmount caught fire,'' Moore said. Authorities determined that the driver of the Golf failed to notice traffic slowing ahead and slammed into the back of the Fairmount, Moore said. Four passengers in the Golf and one in the Fairmount were taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor to moderate injuries, the CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan said. Authorities did not release the names of the victims, but said they were believed to be going to the Six Flags For the national flags of Texas, see . Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) is the world's largest chain of amusement parks and theme parks and is headquartered in New York City. There are 20 such parks run by Six Flags. California theme park. The collision caused traffic to slow on the northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. Golden State Freeway and affected motorists as far back as the Ronald Reagan Freeway. It was the area's second major traffic jam in three days. The Golden State Freeway turned into a parking lot Thursday when Caltrans workers discovered what was thought to be a pipe bomb in the northbound truck lanes near the Newhall Pass Newhall Pass is a mountain pass in Los Angeles County, California, USA. Historically called San Fernando Pass and Fremont Pass, it separates the Santa Susana Mountains from the San Gabriel Mountains. . After a more than two-hour closure of the freeway, the device was determined to be harmless, authorities said. |
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