A truck flipped over the center divider in a multi-car crash that closed the 5 Freeway in Boyle Heights early Wednesday.
A total of six vehicles were involved in the smash, which occurred at Grende Vista, north of the 710 Freeway at around 1:50 a.m, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
It appears a northbound car hit a tow truck, which then collided with the box truck, which then hit the divider and ended up in the southbound lanes. This caused a secondary accident as vehicles travelling south tried to stop to avoid a collision.
The concrete center divider was damaged in the crash, traffic heading south was diverted off at Calzona Street. The box truck driver was hospitalized with significant injuries following the crash. A woman who was driving a car on the southbound 5 was also taken to the hospital.
Additional crashes occurred in the area, but it is not clear if it was a result of the overturned truck smash.
All northbound and southbound lanes were closed from 2 a.m. until 2:38 a.m. At 3:10 a.m. all northbound lanes reopened, and at 3:38 a.m. two opened southbound.
