01 October 2011

1 Dead as Overturned Car Catches Fire on 101

1 Dead as Overturned Car Catches Fire on 101

One person was killed and a woman suffered burns to least 80 percent of her body when a vehicle overturned and caught fire Saturday on the Ventura (101) Freeway in Calabasas, the California Highway Patrol said.

The crash on the southbound 101 at the Malibu Canyon-Las Virgenes Road overpass was reported to the CHP at 8:32 a.m.

CHP officers said impatient drivers were making illegal turns on the freeway and exiting the freeway on the Kanan Road onramp, three miles in advance of the crash. Traffic reporters were advising L.A.-bound motorists on U.S. 101 to detour via Malibu or Simi Valley to avoid the blockade of the only major road between the Conejo and San Fernando valleys.

CHP Officer Ed Jacobs said a passenger may have died in the crash and resulting fire. He said the motorist was able to get out of the vehicle.

A Los Angeles County Fire dispatcher said paramedics rushed a woman -- with burns to 80 percent of her body -- to an area hospital.

A SigAlert was issued at 8:47 a.m. when officers closed all lanes of the eastbound freeway under Las Virgenes Road for an unknown duration, Jacobs said.

"All vehicles are exiting at Las Virgenes (Road)," he said.

After being routed through the signals at Las Virgenes, eastbound traffic was allowed to re- enter the freeway at the same interchange.

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