Updated on Aug. 20 by CHP

Hazmat Traffic Crash I-210 Westbound, East of Pennsylvania Avenue 

On Aug. 19 at approximately 1050 hours, the Los Angeles Communications Center (LACC) received a call of a traffic crash located on Interstate 210 westbound, east of Pennsylvania Avenue, within the City of Glendale within the county limits of Los Angeles. Officers from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Altadena Area office responded to the scene. 

Preliminary investigation indicated Vehicle #1 was traveling westbound on Interstate 210, approaching Pennsylvania Avenue, within the #3 lane. For unknown reasons, the vehicle failed to stop for heavy congested traffic ahead, and struck a semi-truck with trailer causing it to overturn onto another vehicle in the #5 lane. It is estimated that approximately 75-100 gallons of diesel fuel were spilled onto the roadway from the traffic crash. A total of five vehicles were involved. Three involved parties were transported to Huntington Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No alcohol and/or drugs were a factor in this crash.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

A Sig-Alert was placed for the right four lanes until the cleanup was completed.

Anyone with information regarding this crash is encouraged to contact CHP Officer D. Hopping, ID 22203, at the CHP Altadena Area office at (626) 296-8100. 

By Mary O’KEEFE

The westbound 210 Freeway was a mess on Wednesday after two accidents occurred in the morning. 

At 9:06 a.m. a semi-truck that had pulled over to the right shoulder near the Sunland Boulevard exit became engulfed in fire that caused a brush fire along the side of the freeway. By mid-day all lanes but one had reopened. The fire department quickly contained the brush fire. The investigation continued as to the cause and to learn if the area contained hazardous material, according to California Highway Patrol spokesperson Shantel Phillips.

Then at 10:52 a.m. CHP responded to a traffic collision on the 210 Freeway involving two semi-trucks and a sedan near the Pennsylvania Avenue exit. One of the semi-trucks overturned on top of the sedan. The items that were being transported by the turned-over truck spilled onto the highway. All westbound lanes were closed; traffic was directed onto the median. 

CHP did not have information concerning any injuries for either of the traffic incidents. As of press time, the westbound lanes were still closed. Both incidents are under investigation.