LEBEC, CA (Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 6:38 p.m.)—The #1 lane (fast lane) on northbound I-5 will be closed from Tejon Pass to Grapevine, while the scene is cleared.

LEBEC, CA (Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 6:37 p.m.)—Kern County Coroner’s office has been notified and is en route.

LEBEC, CA (Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.)—CHP reports that northbound traffic is backing up to the Lebec curve [near KCFD Station 56].

LEBEC, CA (Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 6:12 p.m.)—The injured occupant of the vehicle was declared deceased at 6:11 p.m. by Kern County Fire Department personnel.

LEBEC, CA (Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 5:48 p.m.)—The incident commander at the scene reports that CPR is in progress for the occupant of the vehicle.

LEBEC, CA (Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 5:45 p.m.)—A rescue is underway for the occupant(s) of the rolled-over vehicle. A medevac helicopter is enroute. CHP is slowing traffic with breaks. Kern County Fire Department engines 56, 55 and 357 are on-scene.

LEBEC, CA (Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.)—A single vehicle rollover on northbound Interstate 5 ignited a small grass fire that was extinguished by a CHP officer near the west truck escape ramp. The vehicle went over the northbound center divider and partially onto the southbound fast lane and median area.

This is part of the April 26, 2019 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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