LOCAL : 3 Die After Big Rig Overturns
Three people died this morning when a tractor-trailer traveling southbound on the Golden State Freeway in Burbank overturned, causing a multivehicle crash, police said.
The accident occurred just north of the freeway’s Verdugo Road exit about 10:40 a.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Monty Keifer said.
Police closed the roadway to traffic going both ways until 11:20 a.m., when they opened the northbound lanes. The southbound lanes were not expected to be reopened until at least 3 p.m. today, Keifer said.
The two-trailer truck was carrying tomatoes when it overturned, Keifer said. A motor home traveling southbound also became involved in the accident, bursting into flames, he said.
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