BRIEFLY : CAR CRASH JAMS I-5 FOR NEARLY 3 HOURS.CASTAIC - 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. was blocked for more than 2-1/2 hours Saturday morning after a compact car ran off the freeway and sheered off a utility pole A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. , dropping live power lines across both directions of traffic, authorities said. Some motorists blocked by the downed power lines turned around and drove the wrong way on the freeway, drove on the center divider or exited on on-ramps to get out of a traffic jam that extended southward for 2-1/2 miles, authorities said. ``It was a major mess,'' said Officer Karen Faciane of the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. . The driver of the Honda Civic The Honda Civic is a compact car manufactured by Honda. It was introduced in July 1972 as a two-door coupe, followed by a three-door hatchback version that September. With the transverse engine placement of its 1169 cc engine and front-wheel drive, like the British Mini, the that hit the power pole power pole Noun Austral & NZ a pole carrying an overhead power line was identified as Eden Ibarra of Los Angeles. Authorities said he suffered moderate injuries. The Civic had been driving 75 mph in the No. 2 southbound lane about 6:30 a.m. south of Parker Road when it drifted into the lane to its right, hitting a van containing five people. The Civic plunged down an embankment, through a chain-link fence and hit the power pole, coming to rest on The Old Road, officials said. None of the van's occupants was injured. |
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