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The Latest: Big-rig driver flees after deadly truck crash
Original Publication Date: April 30, 2016 7:27AM
Publication Updated: April 28, 2025 11:58AM
VERNON, Calif. – The Latest on a big-rig crash that killed a passenger in a pickup truck (all times local):
2:20 p.m.
Authorities say the driver of a big-rig that crushed a pickup truck in a Los Angeles suburb unhitched the trailer and fled the scene after the fatal crash.
Police are looking for the trucker.
Police say the 18-wheeled rig was involved in a minor crash about a block away before it ran a red light and hit the pickup shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday in Vernon.
Television reports showed the big-rig’s trailer lying on top of the mangled truck.
A man in the pickup truck died at the scene.
The driver was freed from the wreckage and taken to a hospital. Police say he’s in good condition.
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11 a.m.
Authorities say the driver of a big-rig that crushed a pickup truck in a Los Angeles suburb unhitched the trailer and fled the scene after the fatal crash.
Police are looking for that trucker.
Police say the 18-wheeled rig was involved in a minor crash about a block away before it ran a red light and hit the pickup shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday in Vernon.
Television reports showed the big-rig’s trailer lying on top of the mangled truck.
A man in the pickup truck died at the scene. The driver was freed from the wreckage and taken to a hospital. There’s no word on the driver’s condition.
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