FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (Thursday, May 28, 2009, 1:30 p.m.)—A United States Marine Corps big rig crashed on northbound Interstate 5, in Gorman just after 12:00 p.m., Thursday, sending the driver to the hospital.

According to CHP officers at the scene, reports began coming in just before noon, from motorists near Pyramid Lake saying the big rig was being driven erratically. Approximately nine miles further north, the tractor-trailer truck left the roadway about 50 yards south of the Gorman exit sign, hitting the sign’s large support pole and coming to rest in a precarious, near-rollover position off the shoulder of the roadway. When asked what cargo was on-board, officers said, “It’s empty.”

The driver, 56 year-old Larry Aney of Oceanside was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia with "major injuries," according to officers on-scene, although CHP’s later report indicated the injuries were moderate. "He may have been experiencing a medical problem, we’re not sure right now," one officer said.

This is part of the May 29, 2009 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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