SOUTHBOUND LANES CLOSED 3 HOURS TRUCK OVERTURNS ON INTERSTATE 5.Byline: CAROL ROCK Staff Writer CASTAIC -- A tractor-trailer loaded with Bartles & Jaymes wine coolers overturned and burst into flames early Thursday, closing the southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. Interstate 5 Freeway for three hours and backing up traffic for miles. Less than a mile away, a motorcyclist weaving through stopped traffic on The Old Road lost control and was thrown under the wheels of a big-rig, resulting in serious injuries that sent him to the hospital. The first incident occurred at 5:08 a.m. near the truck scales Truck scales are large, floor mounted weighing systems that can weigh entire vehicles and their contents. As the American name implies, they frequently weigh entire trucks. In the United Kingdom, they are called Weighbridges. just north of Magic Mountain Parkway. 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 Wendy Hahn said Darwin Miller, 39, of Three Forks, Mont., experienced ``a minor medical problem'' that caused him to veer from the right shoulder of the road across all lanes. The truck crashed into the center divider divider See European currency quotation. and overturned. ``Diesel fuel spilled across all the lanes and caught fire, completely burning the drive unit of the truck,'' she said. The truck's load of cargo did not burn and was removed by Caltrans crews later in the morning. Miller was able to climb from the rig and was treated for minor injuries at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. The second incident occurred at 7:10 a.m. on The Old Road and Silver Aspen aspen, in botany aspen: see willow. Aspen, city, United States Aspen (ăs`pən), city (1990 pop. 5,049), alt. 7,850 ft (2,390 m), seat of Pitkin co., S central Colo. Way. Hahn said Joseph Baker III, 26, of Castaic, was straddling strad·dle v. strad·dled, strad·dling, strad·dles v.tr. 1. a. To stand or sit with a leg on each side of; bestride: straddle a horse. b. lanes through stopped traffic when he lost control of his motorcycle. ``His motorcycle went right and the rider went left, under the trailer, with his head facing southbound between two axles,'' Hahn said. ``The truck began to move and the wheel started rolling up his body when the driver saw people screaming and stopped.'' Driver Andre Simon, 43, of Pueblo, Colo., backed the trailer up, freeing Baker, who was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital with a fractured pelvis pelvis, bony, basin-shaped structure that supports the organs of the lower abdomen. It receives the weight of the upper body and distributes it to the legs; it also forms the base for numerous muscle attachments. . carol.rock(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5252 CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) The remains of a semi-truck hauling wine coolers on Interstate 5 are seen at Magic Mountain Parkway in Valencia. The crash, which occurred around 5 a.m., completely blocked southbound lanes for more than three hours. (2 -- color) Darwin Miller, the 39-year-old driver of the truck, experienced ``a minor medical problem'' before veering from the right shoulder across all lanes of the freeway, a CHP officer said. (3 -- 4 -- ran in SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. edition only) Southbound traffic is diverted off of Interstate 5 at Magic Mountain Parkway on Thursday morning. The crash, in which a semi-truck hit the center divider and caught fire, completely blocked southbound lanes for more than three hours. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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