2 dead in Angeles Crest Highway crash
First responders are at the scene of the fatal crash in the Angeles National Forest. Amy Johnson reports.
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First responders are at the scene of the fatal crash in the Angeles National Forest. Amy Johnson reports.
If you're looking for a scenic view and a quick getaway from Los Angeles the Angeles Crest Highway is just an hour away from the busy city. The highway travels from La Cañada Flintridge through the Angeles Forest and out past Wrightwood.
The crash was reported at 1:50 a.m. on Angeles Crest Highway at Mile Marker 50. Officers who responded to the scene found an Acura sedan that had apparently run off the road and hit a tree, according to the CHP.
The 19-year-old couple was reported missing about a week before their vehicle was found on July 6, hundreds of feet down a steep mountainside off the Angeles Crest Highway, near Mile Post Marker 71.5, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The body of a missing 37-year-old Glendale woman was found Saturday, police said.
Caltrans tweeted pictures of earth movers clearing the road between La Cañada Flintridge and the Mt. Waterman ski lifts.
The victim was discovered on the side of the highway.
The remains were found Wednesday at about 12:25 p.m. at Mile Marker 45, about two and a half miles past Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road.
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An autopsy is pending Tuesday on a badly decomposed body found near Angeles Forest Highway in the Angeles National Forest north of La Cañada Flintridge.
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Authorities on Sunday closed a portion of Angeles Crest Highway, between Mt. Wilson Red Box Road and Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road, in the Angeles National Forest due to a car crash.
A section of the Angeles Crest Highway east of La Cañada Flintridge will remain closed through early August due to rockslides and roadway damage caused by last weekend's storm.
The unidentified male driver was the solo occupant of a 1993 Toyota Corolla.
Authorities Friday said rescuers were responding to a report of a vehicle over the side of Angeles Crest Highway.
Authorities say they have recovered a body near a car that crashed about 200 feet down an embankment in the Angeles National Forest.
A crew launched an air rescue of a teen girl who fell several hundred feet down from Angeles Crest Highway in Wrightwood, authorities reported.
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