One person was hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash involving two semi-trucks and two other vehicles on the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway in Sylmar early Sunday morning. The collision happened around 6:45 a.m. near the San Fernando Mission Boulevard off-ramp, and at least one vehicle overturned in the impact. California Highway Patrol officers and Los Angeles Fire Department crews from Station 75 responded to the scene. Paramedics transported the injured person to Dignity Health-Northridge Hospital Medical Center for treatment, and multiple southbound lanes were blocked during the morning commute.
According to MyNewsLA, at least two lanes of the southbound 5 Freeway remained blocked as of 10 a.m. while crews worked to clear the wreckage, and the injured victim’s condition had not been disclosed as of the report. A Los Angeles Fire Department traffic alert confirmed that CHP closed the freeway’s San Fernando Road on-ramp while managing the scene. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, and authorities have not released further details about what led the vehicles to collide.
