One Dead in Trash Truck Incident on Northbound I-5 in Central LA

A crash on Interstate 5 northbound just south of Los Feliz Boulevard in Los Angeles left one person dead early Friday morning.

California Highway Patrol dispatch logs reported the incident at 6:09 a.m. Logs indicated a female was in the slow lane and a trash truck was on scene blocking lanes. CHP notified the Los Angeles Fire Department.

CHP units arrived on scene at 6:18 a.m. and stopped all lanes. Officers diverted northbound traffic off at Glendale Boulevard.

The CHP recorded the crash at GPS coordinates: 34.120525 -118.271039

Identities and the cause were not immediately available.

Sources:
– CHP CAD incident viewer: https://cad.chp.ca.gov/

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