Responding crews located a Chevy pickup truck on its roof in the No. 1 lane after colliding with another vehicle.
Mission Viejo, Calif. – At least one person is dead fooling a traffic collision that caused one of the vehicles to overturn on Interstate 5 Freeway in Mission Viejo Tuesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The deadly accident happened around 12:22 p.m. on southbound 5 Freeway, just south of Crown Valley Parkway.
Responding crews located a Chevy pickup truck on its roof in the No. 1 lane after colliding with another vehicle.
According to the CHP, at least one person died in the crash.
A SigAlert was issued for one hour and the first three lanes of the freeway were shut down. At about 12:34 the SigAlert was extended for at least two hours as units worked to clear the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
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