By Gary Meyer, TME

The southern episode of last week’s Carmageddon began Tuesday, June 8, at 1 p.m., when a beer truck, southbound on Interstate 5, went over the side 2.6 miles north of Templin Highway.

The driver suffered only minor injuries and the passenger was not injured. It took a day and a half to pull the big rig 150 feet up to the roadway, according to CHP Officer Josh Greengard.

Some detoured via State Route 138 to State Route 14 through…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Southbound I-5 traffic on Tuesday, June 8, was jammed toward L.A.

A big rig on northbound I-5 near Tejon Pass Road in Lebec burned to the ground, stopping traffic for 10 1/2 hours on Saturday, June 12.

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