Sig Alert, 40 Freeway, Ludlow 7:56 a.m.

The California Highway Patrol has shut down the eastbound 40 Freeway due to a fatal tractor trailer crash about 150 miles west of the Arizona border. The crash was reported shortly after 6 a.m. near Kelbaker Road east of Ludlow. A driver lost control of a big rig, causing it to overturn onto a guardrail. The impact ripped open the trailer and killed a the driver's partner, who was asleep in the back of the semi. Eastbound lanes were reopened at 11:33 a.m.