Big rig rolls over side of I-5 at Frazier Mountain Park Road

  • A big rig sits on its roof after rolling over to the southbound onramp of Interstate 5 just south of Frazier Mountain Park Road Tuesday morning. [photo by Gary Meyer]

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    A big rig sits on its roof after rolling over to the southbound onramp of Interstate 5 just south of Frazier Mountain Park Road Tuesday morning. [photo by Gary Meyer]

  • Rob Eubank sent this photo of the rig on its roof.

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    Rob Eubank sent this photo of the rig on its roof.

  • Rob Eubank shot this photo from an adjacent field of firefighters and ambulance personnel helping the driver.

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    Rob Eubank shot this photo from an adjacent field of firefighters and ambulance personnel helping the driver.

  • The driver is assisted after walking to to the waiting ambulance. [photo by Gary Meyer]

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    The driver is assisted after walking to to the waiting ambulance. [photo by Gary Meyer]

  • [photo by Gary Meyer]

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    [photo by Gary Meyer]

FRAZIER PARK/LEBEC, CA (Tuesday, July 2 at 5:15 p.m.)—We checked back with CHP today and they say the driver, who was able to walk, was taken to the ambulance on the backboard by the ambulance personnel, as Hamm-Ehrenpfort said.

FRAZIER PARK/LEBEC, CA (Tuesday, June 30 at 5:54 p.m.)—Hamm-Ehrenpfort updated the Facebook page saying she was not on duty and was watching from a distance.

FRAZIER PARK/LEBEC, CA (Tuesday, June 30 at 5:40 p.m.)—Hall Ambulance Service employee Robin Hamm-Ehrenpfort has posted a note to Facebook saying that the information we reported was incorrect. She states that “the patient was extricated and removed via backboard.” It’s not clear whether Hamm-Ehrenpfort was on duty and at the scene or heard about it from another Hall Ambulance employee.

FRAZIER PARK/LEBEC, CA (Tuesday, June 30 at 3:25 p.m.)—The southbound onramp is open to traffic.

FRAZIER PARK/LEBEC, CA (Tuesday, June 30 at 1:19 p.m.)—CHP is estimating the southbound onramp will be closed until about 3:30 p.m.

FRAZIER PARK/LEBEC, CA (Tuesday, June 30 at 10:56 a.m.)—A big rig hauling berries rolled down the embankment above the southbound Interstate 5 onramp at Frazier Mountain Park Road this morning at about 10:30 a.m. Kern County Fire Department engines 57, 56 and Hall Ambulance service responded to the accident, which was in L.A. County’s jurisdiction. Kern County Sheriff’s Department and CHP also responded. According to the CHP officer on scene, the driver, who was initially pinned in, was able to crawl out of the cab after the Volvo big rig landed on its roof. He walked himself to the waiting ambulance for evaluation and appeared to have minor injuries. The driver, Lorenzo Lopez, was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. The southbound onramp is closed while crews form a plan for removal of the big rig. Motorists are advised to take Peace Valley Road south to Gorman for entry to southbound I-5, according to CHP Public Information Officer Adriaan Garcia.

This is part of the June 26, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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