Overview
- Two big rigs crashed on the westbound 10 Freeway near Indian Hill Boulevard in Claremont, a collision reported around 4 p.m. Friday that initially shut most lanes.
- Los Angeles County firefighters extricated a driver from the damaged cab and placed that person on a stretcher before transporting them to a hospital.
- The California Highway Patrol closed lanes for the response and later reopened most lanes in stages, but the crash caused significant evening backups.
- Aerial and on-scene reports showed at least one semi on its side and extensive cab damage to another rig, but investigators have not released a cause or the drivers’ identities.
- The crash follows other recent large-vehicle incidents on nearby freeways and is likely to increase scrutiny of big‑rig safety and traffic operations on busy Los Angeles corridors.