The California Highway Patrol closed Interstate 5 over the Grapevine and Highway 58 through Tehachapi Saturday morning, after a winter storm dumped snow on the mountain passes.
A series of wrecks were reported starting shortly after 9 a.m., including a pickup truck that reportedly plunged 100 feet off the roadway near Ft. Tejon Road. Snow began falling earlier and sticking to the roadway in the Gorman area around 9:20 a.m. Officers began slowing down traffic, and eventually shut the roadway down 10 minutes later.
The CHP also shutdown both east and westbound directions of Highway 58. More than an inch of snow began sticking to the roadway around 8:30 a.m. Officers attempted to run traffic breaks to slow traffic, but closed eastbound traffic at Towerline Rd. and westbound traffic at Sand Canyon Rd by 9 a.m.
At 9:45 a.m. Officers closed SR 33 from SR 166 through Lockwood Valley Rd due to heavy snow.
A series of wrecks were reported starting shortly after 9 a.m., including a pickup truck that reportedly plunged 100 feet off the roadway near Ft. Tejon Road. Snow began falling earlier and sticking to the roadway in the Gorman area around 9:20 a.m. Officers began slowing down traffic, and eventually shut the roadway down 10 minutes later.
The CHP also shutdown both east and westbound directions of Highway 58. More than an inch of snow began sticking to the roadway around 8:30 a.m. Officers attempted to run traffic breaks to slow traffic, but closed eastbound traffic at Towerline Rd. and westbound traffic at Sand Canyon Rd by 9 a.m.
At 9:45 a.m. Officers closed SR 33 from SR 166 through Lockwood Valley Rd due to heavy snow.