BIG-RIG SPILL JAMS FREEWAY.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A big rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider. carrying 70,000 pounds of wood overturned 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. on Tuesday morning, halting traffic for hours, California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officials said. Portions of the freeway near the Foothill Freeway were closed about 6 a.m. for nearly six hours and traffic was blocked for six miles after the truck tipped over onto a dirt embankment, police said. Christopher Welch, 23, from Keno, Oregon, was traveling south on I-5 when he swerved onto the Foothill Freeway connector, believing that it was the route he needed to continue on the I-5, officials said. Three cranes were used to raise the trailer back onto the freeway, police said. |
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