One dead, one hurt in single-car crash on 5 Freeway off-ramp in Castaic
One person was killed and another person injured Saturday during a single-vehicle crash on a freeway off-ramp near Castaic, authorities said.
The crash involving a gray Honda occurred at about 9:30 a.m. at the Templin Highway off-ramp from the northbound 5 Freeway, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched to the location at 9:42 a.m., where one person was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher.
A Sigalert was issued at 9:59 a.m. closing all northbound lanes of the freeway at Templin Highway. The right lane was still closed as of 12:15 p.m.
Paramedics rushed one person to a hospital. That person's condition was not immediately known.
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