MASSIVE BIG RIG PILE UP CLOSES 5 FREEWAY IN SYLMAR. A minute by minute update. WHAT A MESS!

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What a flipping NIGHTMARE on INTERSTATE 5 tonight in the Sylmar area. The California Highway Patrol has issued a major sig-alert 12 to 14 BIG RIGS literally slammed into each other.  Yep. Blame it on the slick rain...or just nastiness.  Big rigs are laying on their sides, tipped over, smashed up and just plain a tangled heap of metal. Here is a minute by minute report from the CHP about the incident.  If you are STUCK on the 5 Freeway in the Valley, or Santa Clarita Valley, hit my comment section and tell my readers what you are going through.  Be safe.  Stay WARM!


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10:57 PM 50 1039 ROSS BAKER TOWING ETA 45 MINS W/HD - COPYS LINES 86,87
10:50 PM 49 ADVS 1185 HD REFRIGERATED RIG IS RIGHT AT THE SOUTH END OF THE TUNNEL SB 5 TO SB 5 TRK RT
10:46 PM 48 PER 78-147 TANKER 97 AND ESCORTING THRU BEHIND ALL THE TKS / ONCE THEY CLR THE TK ROUTE WILL BE CLR OF ALL VEHS
10:45 PM 47 FOR THE TANKER TK ONLY THE SUPERVISOR IS 97 2ND TANKER ENRT TO PUMP IT OUT AND A LOW BOY ENRT TO PICK UP THE DAMAGED TRLR PER 78-507
10:44 PM 46 CORRECTION ADVS ROSS BAKER TO GO UP TO NEWHALL ACESS SB 14 TO THE TRUCK ROUTE
10:41 PM 45 ROSS BAKER TOW IS ENRT TO HANDLE THE PENSKE TRK WHI CAMDALE AXEL TRAILOR WHICH SAYS KEYSTONE FREIGHT - ETA 45 MINS -CAN YOU ADVISE THE BEST ACCESS THX
10:28 PM 44 1039 HOWARD SUMMERS COPYS - USE SB TK LNS, DO NOT GO W/WAY
10:22 PM 43 78-501 ESCORTING TKS BACKING EM UP ON THE TK LNS AND GETTING OFF ON THE 14
10:21 PM 42 PER 147 APPX 4-5 TKS ON THE TRANS RT FRM THE 14-5 ONCE WILL THEN START CLEARING THEN TKS ON THE 5 TK ROUTE CAN BE CLRD
10:20 PM 41 HOWARD SOMMERS COPYS LINE 70
10:18 PM 40 1039 HOWARD SOMMERS ETA 40 MINS W/HD - PLS CONFIRM BEST ACCESS IS STILL PER LINE 25
10:12 PM 39 78-501 ADVS PER TOM JOHNS // ROLL HOWARD SOMMERS W/A HD TO HELP UP RIGHT THE BIG RIG ON ITS SIDE
10:02 PM 38 PER H SOMERS TOW THEY ARE NOW AVAIL IF YOU NEED THEM
10:01 PM 37 PER 78-147 TYRING TO CLR VEHS 1ST THEN WILL HANDLE BIG RIGS PRIOR TO THE TKRT SB 14 TO SB 5 PRIOR TO GET TRFC MOVING
9:31 PM 36 CT 1097
9:30 PM 35 PER 78-507 SB 5 TO SB 5 TK LNS HARD CLOSURE HAS BEEN SET
9:28 PM 34 CT COPIES LINE 42---ETA 20MINS
9:26 PM 33 REQ CALTRANS SB 14 TO ST 5 TK ROUTE TO RESET CONES APPX 300FT BACK // ETA
9:18 PM 32 PER 78-147 CAL TRANS 97 SB 14 TO SB 5 W/HARD CLOSURE
9:18 PM 31 PER 147 SUPERVISOR FRM TKING CO 97 FOR RIG INVLD IN THE TUNNEL CRASH REQ ACCESS TO VEH // 78-S3 CPYS ADVS LET SUPERVISOR THRU
9:13 PM 30 LAFD JUST CALLED , REQD ETA FROM CALTRANS , DUE TO SAND IN RDWY , LAFD COPIES CALTRANS ETA 30 PER LN 23 - OFF LL NOW
9:11 PM 29 1039 TOM JOHNS ETA 30-40 MINS W/1 HD -- CPYS LINE 25
9:11 PM 28 WILL NEWHALL S PAO AND/OR SGT BE AVAILABLE FOR ON-SCENE INTERVIEWS W/REGARD TO THIS EVENT?
9:08 PM 27 TMC COPIES SIGALERT UPDATE
9:08 PM 26 1039 HOWARD SOMMERS/ NO HD TKS AVAIL
9:08 PM 25 SIGALERT UPDATE CLOSE DWN ALL LNS SB 14 TO SB 5 TK RT // SB 5 TO SB 5 ALL TK ROUTE LNS SHUT DWN
9:06 PM 24 ISSUE SIGALERT FOR APPX 5 HRS
9:06 PM 23 APPX 20-30 GALS OF FUEL SPILLED AND HANDLED AT THIS TIME
9:06 PM 22 1039 SEMPER FI TOWING - ETA 30 MINS W/ 2 HD
9:05 PM 21 CORR TO LINE 25 - TURN AROUND BEFORE BALBOA O/CROSS AND HAVE THEM ACCESS THE W/WAY
9:05 PM 20 TMC COPIES SIGALERT
9:03 PM 19 CORR PLS MAKE IT 3 1185 BIG RIG HD TKS
9:03 PM 18 REQ 2 1185 BT RT ONE FOR JACK KNIFED BIG RIG - ANOTHER FOR O/TURNED BIG ON ITS SIDE AGAINST POLE THAT WEDGED INTO TRLR - BEST ACCESS SB 5 TO EB 210 AND TURN AROUND BEFORE BALCOA O/CROSS AND ACCESS THE WAY
9:03 PM 17 5 BIG RIGS INVOLVED
9:02 PM 16 CT ETA 30 MINS
8:57 PM 15 SIG ALERT ISSUED ON THE BLUE
8:55 PM 14 CALTRANS PLS PROVIDE ETA IF POSSIBLE THANKS - ALL TKEW ROUTES NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN INCLUDING THE 14 FWY TK RTE AT THIS 1020 - THANKS
8:54 PM 13 ISSUE SIGALERT FOR 3 HOURS - PER 78-S3 - ALL TK RTE LNS SHUT DOWN
8:51 PM 12 PER FRESNO COMM CTR , WAS ATTEMPTING TO TRANSFR THE R/O OF A SEMI INVLD IN TC , ADVSD IS A FUEL SPILL HERE , FRESNO LOST CALLER , COPIES LACOFD 97 PER LN 12
8:51 PM 11 COFD LL REQ THE FOLLOWING ACCESS SECURED - SB 5 AUTO LN - CROSS OVER S/O OF THE TUNNEL AND COME BACK NORTH AND OPPOSE TRFC
8:50 PM 10 REQ HARD CLOSIRE MUTLIPLE BIG RIGS INVOLVED AND FIRE BLKING - PLS ROLL CALTRANS FOR HARD CLOSURE ON THE TK ROUTE
8:49 PM 9 LACOFD REQ CLOSE SB 14 TRANS TO SB 5 ON EXPEDITE
8:39 PM 8 PER RP3 TC IS BY THE 2ND TUNNEL
8:38 PM 7 PER 501 ADVISED 1097 IN THE AREA WILL CHECK THE 2ND TUNNEL
8:36 PM 6 THE SB 5 TO NB 14 TRANS TRD IS CLR - NO TC S COMING FM THER TK RT
8:31 PM 5 FIRE COPIES PER DUPE - LG 3615 , POSS OTURNED VEH AND SEMI ON SIDE , IN TUNNEL
8:29 PM 4 1039 LACOFD
8:29 PM 3 RP INVLD IN GAS TANKER , NO FUEL LEAK , SEVERAL VEHS / SEMIS INVLD , REQ 41 ALSO
8:28 PM 2 INVLD PTY LL , DIFF UNDERSTANDING , SPANISH , LL W/TRANSLATOR
8:26 PM 1 BIG RIG FACING SIDEWAYS AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND POSS SOME DEBRIS IN RDWY

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