405 Freeway

An airborne truck axle struck a construction worker on the 405 Freeway in Westminster. Video broadcast Wednesday Dec. 30, 2020 on Today in LA.

A construction worker was hospitalized Wednesday morning after he was struck by an axle that detached from a dump truck in a bizarre chain of events on the 405 Freeway in Orange County.

Two people were killed Saturday morning in a multi- vehicle crash involving a wrong way driver on the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway in Long Beach, where at least seven other people were injured, authorities said.

A deadly vehicle crash early Thursday morning has shut down all traffic lanes of the southbound 405 Freeway just north of Normandie Avenue in the city of Gardena.

A man was shot to death today on the San Diego (405) Freeway in Seal Beach. The shooting was reported shortly after 6 p.m. on the northbound San Diego Freeway just south of the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. The victim was the sole occupant of a Hyundai Elantra, which veered left and struck…

All northbound lanes were closed as the CHP tried to figure out how the shooting happened. Christine Kim reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Saturday Aug. 29, 2020.

The northbound lanes just south of the 605 Freeway were closed due to the investigation. Christine Kim reports for NBC LA at 8 p.m. Saturday Aug. 29, 2020.

At least three teenagers in a car that was reported stolen were injured Thursday night after striking another car and crashing into a pole on the side of a Southern California freeway at the end of a brief chase. The crash occurred near the Victory Boulevard exit about 10:35 p.m. The pursuit driver rear-ended another vehicle on the southbound 405…

A driver who was struck by the stolen car describes the horrific crash into a pole. Annette Arreola reports for Today in LA on Friday Feb. 28, 2020.

A stretch of the 405 Freeway was closed early Thursday afternoon in the Redondo Beach area due to a hazardous materials investigation, according to authorities. Both sides of the freeway were closed for the investigation near Inglewood Avenue. A truck carrying what authorities described as a possible corrosive inhalant could be seen on the side of the freeway. The northbound…

A pedestrian was fatally struck Sunday on the San Diego (405) Freeway in West Los Angeles, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash occurred on the northbound 405 Freeway at Venice Boulevard about 7:35 p.m., the CHP reported. The person apparently died at the scene. The victim’s name was withheld pending notification of next of kin. The person’s age…

One person was killed early Tuesday in a crash on the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass.

Authorities Monday identified a motorist who was killed when a wheel and tire that had come loose from a pickup truck crashed into her SUV on the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway in Long Beach.

A mountain lion who was struck and killed on the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass in September was being chased by another lion, according to surveillance video released Wednesday, by National Park Service researchers.

The mountain lion known as P-61, who successfully managed to cross the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass in July, was struck and killed today on that same section of the freeway, park officials said.

An inattentive driver and technical shortcomings in Tesla’s autopilot system contributed to a 2018 crash in which a Tesla rear-ended a fire truck on the 405 Freeway in Culver City, according to a federal report out Wednesday.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined that an inattentive driver and relying on autopilot were factors in a crash on the 405 freeway last year.

People heading to Los Angeles International Airport during late-night or early morning hours this week will encounter some ramp closures on the San Diego (405) Freeway, with overnight construction work scheduled to begin tonight.

Despite a billion-dollar expansion project to improve transit on the 405 freeway, traffic on the busiest highway in the country has only gotten worse, a study shows. Angie Crouch reports for NBC 4 News at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2019.