Driver Found Dead in Big Rig Along Snowy Grapevine

It wasn't immediately clear how the driver died.

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Drivers did their best to move a car stuck in heavy snowfall in the Grapevine December 2019.

A driver was found dead inside a big rig along the snow-covered Grapevine Thursday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

It wasn't immediately clear how the driver died.

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A view of snowy mountains as seen from Cabazon.
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A view of snow in Rose Valley after a December 2019 winter storm.
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A little snow adds some winter magic to this holiday yard display in Palmdale.
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A view of snowfall early Thursday Dec. 26, 2019 in the high desert.
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A winter storm brings snow to the Acton area Thursday Dec. 26 ,2019.
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A winter storm brings snow to the Acton area Thursday Dec. 26 ,2019.
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A winter storm brings snow to the Acton area Thursday Dec. 26 ,2019.
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A winter storm leaves behind a post-Christmas scene in Anza.
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NewsChopper4 provides a view of snow-capped mountains as seen from the San Gabriel Valley Thursday Dec. 26, 2019.
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Snow forced the closure of the 15 Freeway through the Cajon Pass Thursday Dec. 26, 2019.
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A view of traffic in the Cajon Pass Thursday Dec. 26, 2019.
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The view from the Cajon Pass between the 15 and 138 freeways Thursday Dec. 26, 2019.
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Drivers face snowy conditions in the Cajon Pass Thursday Dec. 26, 2019.
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A view of snowy mountains in the Cajon Pass Thursday Dec. 26, 2019.
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Conditions were ideal for snowmen in Palmdale Thursday Dec. 29, 2019.
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Traffic stops on an icy 14 Freeway north of LA Friday Dec. 27, 2019.
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Snow-covered mountains and clouds in SoCal.
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A tow truck driver responded to the big rig stopped on the southbound 5 Freeway just north of Frazier Mountain Park Road at 8:30 a.m.

Kern County Fire Department determined the driver had died at the scene. An investigation was under way. 

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