Traffic & Transit

Motorcycle Crash Shuts Down 605 Freeway

Traffic continued to be impacted on the 605 Freeway after a crash shut down the interstate earlier Monday.

A motorcycle crash shut down the southbound 605 Freeway Monday afternoon.
A motorcycle crash shut down the southbound 605 Freeway Monday afternoon. (Kristin Borden/Patch)

A motorcycle crash shut down the southbound 605 Freeway Monday afternoon.

The crash was first reported at 2:21 p.m. on the southbound freeway at Washington Boulevard near Pico Rivera. A motorcyclist was reported down on the roadway in the crash's aftermath, according to the California Highway Patrol.

All lanes of the southbound freeway were shut down in the aftermath.

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By 4:30 p.m., the lanes had reopened, but traffic continued to be impacted: The interstate was backed up to the 60 Freeway.

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