BUNDLE CAUSES JAM; SQUAD DESTROYS PACKAGE OF TRASH.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Motorists endured a hellish morning commute Thursday when authorities closed down 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. for several hours to investigate a suspicious package, authorities said. The package, however, turned out to contain only trash. California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers closed the freeway after finding the package about 3:50 a.m. below the freeway, on San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , near Scott Road. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. responded with its bomb squad truck A Squad Truck is a piece of rescue apparatus specifically designed to transport the necessary tools, equipment, and personel to perform a vehicle extrication at the scene of an entrapment. and robot and blew up the suspicious package about six hours later, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Sciacca. At that time, the bomb squad determined that the package contained trash. The freeway was closed several times during the investigation as a precaution but was completely reopened about 10:30 a.m. Still, traffic remained stacked up for miles, particularly in the south lanes. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Traffic backs up on the southbound lanes of the Golden State Freeway while a package on San Fernando Road was investigated. (2) Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies unload the robot used to handle a suspicious package found Thursday on San Fernando Road. David Sprague/Daily News |
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