Friday, July 24, 2015

Pickup Driver Killed After He Rear-Ended a Semi-Truck at I-5 Construction Site in California





Photos captured at the scene of a fatal crash on northbound I-5, Thursday July 23, 2015. Traffic was at a stop on the interstate due to construction, officials said. (Published Friday, July 24, 2015)





A driver was killed when a pickup truck slammed head-on into a tractor trailer on Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton overnight.


Traffic was at a complete stop due to construction, officials said.


The California Highway Patrol said the crash occurred at 11:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-5 near Harbor Drive.


The victim was identified as a 67-year-old man from Santa Fe Springs.


The tractor trailer driver was uninjured. He was carrying 80,000 pounds of tomatoes.