BUENA PARK : Four People Hurt in Freeway Pileup
Four people were taken to local hospitals Thursday after a tractor-trailer and seven cars collided in a chain-reaction pileup on the Artesia Freeway, the California Highway Patrol said.
It was not known how the 7:25 a.m. accident at the Orangethorpe Avenue exit started, CHP officer Linda Burrus said. The four unidentified drivers were treated at two nearby hospitals and released, she said.
Burrus said that accident made the morning rush hour miserable on both the westbound and eastbound sides of Artesia Freeway while cleanup crews removed the wreckage.
About 40 feet of the center divider was damaged when the truck nearly tore through it, Burrus said. It was unclear if the truck caused the accident or if it plowed into the center divider to evade the colliding cars.
Burrus said the investigation is continuing.
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