UPDATE for the Morning Crew just tuning in: 5 trucks engulfed in flames after pileup on Interstate 5 in SoCal
SANTA CLARITA, Calif.Five
big rigs were in flames inside a tunnel after a 15-truck pileup on
the rain-slicked Golden State Freeway in northern Los Angeles County that left 10 people injured and one missing, authorities said.
Fire Inspector Jason Hurd said the accident
the wreckage of which stretched for half a mile;happened late Friday in Interstate 5s southbound truck-only tunnels that run under the regular freeway near the intersection with the Antelope Valley Freeway.
Hurd said the injuries ranged from minor to moderate, and included moderate burns and neck and back injuries. All 10 injured were taken to local hospitals.
One person is unaccounted for Hurd said.
The entire freeway was closed in both directions, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Firefighters were slowly making their way from the tunnel's north end to its south end trying to douse the flames, Hurd said