TRUCK TIES UP FREEWAY TRAFFIC.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL -- A tanker truck jackknifed Tuesday in the Newhall Pass Newhall Pass is a mountain pass in Los Angeles County, California, USA. Historically called San Fernando Pass and Fremont Pass, it separates the Santa Susana Mountains from the San Gabriel Mountains. , tying up southbound traffic for two hours. Trucker Aleksander Veksler of Palmdale was unable to slow in time for braking traffic on the truck lanes linking 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. to Interstate 5, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a California Highway Patrol report. Veksler, 44, was uninjured, but his dual-trailer rig had to be righted and towed before the truck lanes reopened, according to the 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 . Traffic backed up about five miles on state Route 14, with motorists opting to exit the freeway on The Old Road, which also backed up. Veksler told investigators he was traveling at 50 mph when he saw brake lights ahead on the transition road, hit his brakes, veered into the bridge railing to his left, then skidded till he jackknifed across both lanes, according to the CHP report. The truck lanes were closed for 2 1/2 hours. |
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