A midday crash on one of Southern California’s most traveled freeways left one person trapped inside a mangled pickup truck and sent ripple effects through a stretch of highway that commuters know all too well for its traffic headaches.
The collision happened just after 2:00 p.m. on the westbound 10 Freeway near Kellogg Avenue, just west of the 57 Freeway interchange in the San Gabriel Valley. According to aerial footage from KTLA 5’s Sky 5 helicopter, a pickup truck struck the rear of a semi-truck that had stopped on the shoulder. The force of the impact left the pickup severely damaged and the driver pinned inside.
Firefighters and California Highway Patrol officers arrived on scene and worked to free the trapped occupant. The rescue was completed roughly around the time of the first live broadcast reports, with the victim loaded into an ambulance and transported to the hospital. As of the initial reports, the person’s condition had not been released…