A speeding car traveling about 100 mph swerves, hits the center divider, crosses all lanes and rolls over on the 110 Freeway. The occupants are ejected. CHP and LAFD respond, and paramedics treat two seriously injured victims.
A tanker truck crash sets the 60 Freeway ablaze at night, sending a wall of flames and black smoke across the lanes. The burning truck is reduced to a twisted frame as firefighters pour water on the fire. Includes the crash damage on the freeway and two soundbites, one with a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer.
Two Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers are injured when their patrol car rolls down a freeway embankment and slams into a tree during a pursuit in Sylmar. Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) paramedics treat and transport the officers as dozens of officers gather. The chase ends when the suspect crashes his Mustang on the 210 Freeway.
A chain-reaction crash on a Los Angeles-area freeway, caused by a dog in the roadway, leaves one person dead in a crushed black car. Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) firefighters work at the wreckage, and paramedics treat and transport the injured as California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers investigate.
A woman is thrown from a moving car into traffic on the 60 Freeway in Monterey Park and struck by another vehicle. CHP and Sheriff’s homicide detectives investigate as traffic backs up. Her covered body and shoes lie in the freeway lanes.
LAPD and CHP chase a reported murder suspect from Memphis, Tennessee, at more than 100 mph on the 110 Harbor Freeway. The two-hour pursuit crosses several counties and ends on Interstate 5 in San Diego, where the suspects are taken into custody.
A fiery chain-reaction crash on the 110 Freeway in Carson sends several people, including two babies, to the hospital. One car bursts into flames, and an infant is thrown from a family’s SUV into the traffic lanes. A firefighter cradles the injured baby while paramedics treat the family.
A CHP motorcycle officer is injured in a crash on a Los Angeles-area freeway at night. Fellow officers rush to his side as firefighters treat him in the lanes, and his downed motorcycle lies on its side among the stopped cars.
A man is killed on the 605 Freeway in Pico Rivera after crashing his truck into the center divider and getting out. A car carrying a mother and her babies in the carpool lane strikes him. The family is not hurt. CHP investigates and the coroner removes the victim.
A Westminster police sergeant racing Code 3 to help an officer under attack collides head-on with a car. The patrol car spins into a front yard. The sergeant and another driver are critically injured. CHP investigates.