Traffic & Transit
SigAlert: French Fries Flood 5 Freeway In Big Rig Crash
Commuters got fries with their morning rush hour, and it clogged major highway and arterial roads near Downtown Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA — The California Highway Patrol extended an hours-long SigAlert until after noon Thursday near Downtown Los Angeles, where an overturned semi-truck spilled french fries across the Golden State(5) Freeway.
All lanes of the southbound lanes of the 5 near the Stadium Way exit were closed Thursday following a crash just before 4 a.m. The closure backed up traffic for miles on the 5 and surrounding roadways.
The SigAlert is expected to last until about 12:15, according to the CHP.
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The CHP was diverting traffic at the 5 Freeway transition to the southbound Glendale (2) Freeway.
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