CRASH ON 14 FREEWAY SNARLS TRAFFIC FOR HOURS.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer An 11-vehicle chain-reaction crash that slightly injured one person backed up morning commuter traffic Noun 1. commuter traffic - traffic created by people going to or returning from work traffic - the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time for more than eight miles Wednesday on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. . The accident occurred shortly after 6 a.m. on the southbound Antelope Valley Freeway south of Agua Dulce Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations: In Mexico:
n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officials said. ``Apparently the big rig was approaching slow traffic and rear-ended an automobile,'' said 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 Officer Richard Perez. ``That rear-ended an auto, which caused a chain reaction.'' Traffic in the southbound freeway lanes slowed to five miles an hour and came to a halt entirely several times as CHP officials and tow trucks worked to clear the wreckage. ``It was a terrible sight,'' CHP Officer Steve Tabor said. ``We got numerous calls from people wanting to know if their spouses and co-workers had been involved in the crash. I'm sure a lot of people were late.'' Traffic was tied up for more than five hours, officials said. Officials said one person reported a minor complaint of pain, but did not require hospitalization. One vehicle involved in the crash left the scene before the CHP arrived, officers said. |
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