Morning rush hour traffic in the east San Fernando Valley is snarled by two fatal incidents early Friday that closed freeway lanes.
All southbound lanes on the 5 Freeway were shut down after two people were killed in a crash involving a big rig.
The collision was reported around 5:05 a.m. in Sun Valley, Officer Moises Marroquin with the California Highway Patrol said. KABC-TV Channel 7that a fire erupted when the big rig struck a stalled white van, according to a CHP incident log. Firefighters extinguished the flames. Tke CHP could not confirm the details of the crash other than to say it was a “double fatality,” Marroquin said.Southbound traffic is being diverted to the southbound 170 Freeway in Sun Valley, Marroquin said. No estimate was given for when the lanes might reopen.
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