Crime & Safety
SigALERT: I-10 Eastbound Crawls As 3 Big Rigs Collide, 1 Injured
Three right lanes of I-10 eastbound were closed at Main Street after a multiple big rig crash beyond Banning.
WHITEWATER, CA — One person was extricated from a vehicle Thursday in a traffic collision involving three big rigs on Interstate 10 near Whitewater.
Officers responded to Interstate 10 near Haughen Lehmann Way at 8:05 a.m. to a report of one semi truck that rear-ended another, according to the California Highway Patrol.
According to the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department, fire crews responded shortly after to extricate a person. A spokesperson with the agency told City News Service that the person was taken to a local hospital.
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CHP officials said that the collision involved three big rigs.
It issued SigAlert at 8:21 a.m. for three lanes as road debris was cleaned up. The alert was expected to be in place for about 90 minutes.
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TRAFFIC COLLISION WITH EXTRICATION in Whitewater area - rpt @ 8:07a.m. Eastbound I-10 West of Haugen Lehmann Way. Three big rigs involved, one party trapped. Patient extricated @ 8:39a.m. Units committed one hour. #InterstateIC pic.twitter.com/IgMJCz7zmw
— CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department (@CALFIRERRU) March" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU... 23, 2023
