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U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a woman near Oceanside who, along with her 7-year-old child had more than 48 pounds of methamphetamine inside her vehicle.

Coroner’s officials Saturday released the name of a 25- year-old mother who was killed in a chain-reaction crash on the 5 Freeway in Irvine.

A moving vehicle was hit by a projectile yet again Monday on Highway 101 near Prunedale in the latest in a series of similar incidents this year, according to the California Highway Patrol. On Tuesday, the CHP was on high alert.

LAPD and California Highway Patrol shut down the 101 Freeway around midnight Tuesday and it remains closed into the morning. Meghan Reyes reports for Today in LA at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019.

The Getty Fire cast an orange glow over the 405 Freeway. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Monday Oct. 28, 2019.

An Uber passenger was struck and killed by a California Highway Patrol car after he jumped over a median on the 101 Freeway and ran across lanes early Monday in Encino, according to the CHP.

A wrong-way driver slammed into a taxi carrying three people on northbound Highway 101 in San Francisco early Thursday morning, leaving all four people dead, according to the California Highway Patrol.

California Highway Patrol officer wrangled a miniature pony that turned out to be the victim of an unusual hit-and-run on a Southern California freeway. The driver of a SUV that struck the horse left, but others stopped to help the injured animal on the 91 Freeway

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 34-year-old man trying to help someone who was out of gas on the 91 Freeway in Cerritos was killed by a hit-and-run driver early Sunday morning, family members said.

A woman died Sunday in a multi-vehicle crash on the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway in Long Beach, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Two California Highway Patrol officers parked in a construction work zone were injured Friday morning in a chain-reaction crash touched off by a DUI driver, according to the authorities.

A trucker was killed Thursday morning when at least three big rigs and a car crashed on a freeway east of Los Angeles.

At least three big rigs were involved in a fatal crash in West Covina. Mekahlo Medina reports for Today in LA on Thursday Sept. 26, 2019.

A police pursuit north of Los Angeles ended when a stolen minivan crashed Tuesday into a block wall outside a Castaic home.
The homeowner said he heard patrol car sirens followed by a loud “boom” when the minivan slammed into the wall in his backyard. He looked outside to see dust flying.

A 55-year-old man allegedly caught hauling close to 150 pounds of methamphetamine in his pickup truck near Temecula was being held Tuesday in lieu of $1 million bail.

A 911 call released Wednesday describes the moments after Kevin Hart was seriously injured after his muscle car crashed on a mountainous Southern California roadway. The witness describes a man believed to be Hart and telling a dispatcher that he “looked like he’s hurting.”

The comedian was injured after the car he was in veered off the road into a ditch.

A police pursuit that started in the West Hollywood area ended on the shoulder of the 5 Freeway near Castaic with three suspected burglars taken into custody, authorities said.