Driver sustains minor injuries after semi-truck goes off 5 Freeway in Burbank
A semi-truck went off the 5 Freeway in Burbank.
At 0558 Units responded to a reported semi-truck that came off the freeway at the Empire off ramp to the street below. The accident did not involve other vehicles on the freeway or below. The driver was transported with minor injuries. Units remain on scene for investigation. pic.twitter.com/Q8HpgtDMQu
— Burbank Fire Department, CA (@BurbankFire) April 3, 2022
The crash happened just before 6 a.m. Sunday on the Empire Avenue off-ramp.
The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. No one else was believed to have been injured in the crash.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
The truck, which had jackknifed, was blocking both the off-ramp and the right-most lane of the southbound I-5 Freeway, leading California Highway Patrol officials to issue a Sigalert.