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Entries from LAist tagged with 'sigalert'

August 4, 2008

Two people have died in a crash that happened around 1:25 p.m. today on the Northbound 5 Freeway, just south of the 14 Freeway interchange, according to the LA Fire Department. A Sigalert has been issued by the CHP for a duration of an unknown period of time for the right three lanes and the truck lane.......

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July 7, 2008

A crash between a vehicle and a semi this morning on the eastbound 210 Freeway has left one man dead at the scene, reports the Los Angeles Fire Department. It happened at around 8:00 a.m. when the vehicle somehow ended up under the semi near Lowell Steet. A SigAlert has been issued. Yesterday, four people died in a single-car accident on the 10 Freeway.......

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June 30, 2008

All southbound lanes will be closed at Burbank Boulevard until at least 1 p.m. due to an multi-car accident, including a private ambulance near the junction of the 405 and the 101 around 11 a.m., according to SigAlert.com. "Seven patients were transported to area hospitals suffering from a range of injuries from minor to critical," according to the LAFD, one child was among the injured, and one person had to be extricated from a vehicle.......

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February 18, 2008

Photo by [Kwasi B.] via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Just when you thought they had faded into obscurity, Segways are reappearing on the scene. This time they'll be the mode of transport for patrols in LA-area Target stores' parking lots. The company says they like to use them because they add 8 inches of height for the rider, and run on batteries. Some passengers at LAX were evacuated for about two......

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February 15, 2008

*Updates as of 10:53am: The LA Times is now reporting: "Witnesses described a man approximately 64 years old leaping from the Wilton Place crossing over the northbound Hollywood Freeway near Sunset Boulevard at about 8:30 a.m."A man jumped to his death from the 101 North overpass at Sunset Boulevard this morning; reports are coming in from Sigalert.com that traffic is badly snarled. LAist spoke to a witness at the scene who was caught in......

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