Crime & Safety

Driver Killed After Truck Drifts Off 210 Freeway

A truck driver was killed Sunday when he allowed his Kenworth tractor to drift off the a freeway and it went down an embankment into a ditch on the Foothill (210) Freeway in Irwindale

The crash was on the westbound freeway west of Irwindale Avenue, and it was reported to the CHP at 12:05 p.m. The truck was carrying blue PVC pipes.

A SigAlert was issued at 12:52 p.m closing the right two lanes of the westbound freeway and the Irwindale Avenue offramp for three hours.

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- City News Service

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