Truck crash closes eastbound 60 in Diamond Bar

A truck driver suffered minor injuries when his big rig hit an overhead sign on the eastbound 60 Freeway and overturned, spilling crushed concrete.

The solo crash shut down all lanes of the eastbound 60, west of Grand Avenue at one point.

The California Highway Patrol got a call of an overturned big rig at 5:18 a.m.

CHP Officer Rodrigo Jimenez said the truck was in the No. 6 lane, heading east on the 60 freeway.

“For an undetermined reason, the truck’s hydraulic lift began to rise,” Jimenez said.

 

 

The truck driver told the CHP the car behind him started flashing its lights to get his attention. The hydraulic lift struck an overhead sign.

The truck overturned on its left side, spilling the crushed concrete it was hauling. Jimenez said in addition, a gallon of diesel fuel leaked into a nearby creek.

Jimenez said the driver, a 50-year-old Baldwin Park man, complained of pain to his left leg. He wasn’t taken to a hospital/

All eastbound lanes were closed at 5:39 a.m.

By 9:39 a.m., five lanes were open. Only the two right lanes remain closed.

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