Crime & Safety
1 Killed, 2 Injured In Fiery OC Crash
First responders pulled three people from two vehicles and an overturned semi-truck that had caught fire early Saturday.
IRVINE, CA — One person died and two others were injured in a fiery crash involving multiple vehicles and a semi-truck on an Orange County freeway Saturday morning.
Arriving firefighters found the semi truck engulfed in flames at 4:08 a.m. on southbound Interstate 5 at Jamboree Road, the Orange County Fire Authority reported.
One person was pronounced dead a t the scene while two other people were rushed to a hospital. They were both in stable condition, officials said.
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Debris and items had spilled all over the southbound freeway. It was unclear how long traffic was impacted during the cleanup.
The California Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
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