SigAlert: Overturned Semi Shuts Down 10/101 Freeway Transition

Los Angeles CA

30 December, 2020

12:35 PM

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LOS ANGELES, CA — An overturned semi spilled its load of plywood into the road Wednesday morning jamming the transition road from the westbound San Bernardino (10) Freeway to the northbound Hollywood (101) Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. The wreckage forced the closure of a stretch of the freeway until further notice. The crash occurred just before 4:30 a.m. spilling plywood across all lanes, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP closed the transition road, and traffic was being diverted off the westbound San Bernardino Freeway at Mission Road in Boyle Heights. Hours later, the road was still closed. At 8:55 a.m. Cantrans District 7 tweeted that the big rig had been turned upright but that the transition remained closed while the plywood was being picked up. Details of what led up to the crash were not disclosed. No injuries were immediately reported. City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.