LOS ANGELES – Two major traffic crashes – one involving scattered melons and the other leaving a large pile of trash on fire – have shut down roads on the 5 Freeway in Boyle Heights and Tustin Tuesday morning.
What we know: — A large 18-wheeler, a semi-truck carrying a load of melons, overturned on the transition road Monday just after 11 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
Following the collision, a hard closure of the transition road was requested and implemented. …