Morning SCV rain triggers rollovers
Early-morning rain created slick roadways for Santa Clarita Valley commuters Wednesday morning, sparking more than a half-dozen non-injury collisions, spinouts and at least three rollovers.
None of the occupants in any of the rollovers suffered injuries injuries requiring hospital treatment.
“All of these crashes plus the others today are a result of people driving too fast for the weather conditions,” California Highway Patrol Officer Josh Greengard said.
More than 25 collisions
“Since midnight, we have had over 25 traffic collision within the CHP Newhall Area jurisdiction,” he said at 10:45 a.m.
About 10:15 a.m., paramedics with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to reports of a two-vehicle traffic collision on San Francisquito Canyon Road and Spunky Canyon Road.
“This was 5 miles or so south of Spunky,” Greengard. “This was for a Honda Civic down an embankment.”
Paramedics arrived at the scene at 10:24 a.m. and found one of the vehicles on its roof.
“This was for a rollover with two occupants who self-extricated themselves,” Fire Department spokesman Austin Bennett said.
The incident followed earlier rollover crashes.
Shortly before 9 a.m., a vehicle ended up on its roof in the southbound lanes of Highway 14 near Sand Canyon.
“This was for a green Toyota Tundra overturned in the two carpool lane,” Greengard said. “It was a solo collision, minor injuries.”
In a third incident, shortly after 8:35 a.m., an SUV traveling in the northbound lanes of Highway 14 flipped over and ended up on the Via Princessa on-ramp.
“This was a black Toyota sedan, which ended up being a solo collision with minor injuries,” Greengard said.
According to Bennett the vehicle “rolled from the freeway,” referring to Highway 14.