Last Updated on June 30, 2021 by CCAR Staff
A pickup truck driver was killed when he crashed through the fencing and concrete barrier of a freeway overpass in Fontana, flew over the edge and smashed onto the 10 Freeway below early Tuesday, June 29, authorities said.
The man, whose name has not been released, was driving his Ford pickup around 4:10 a.m. at a high speed on the 10 Freeway before the crash, the California Highway Patrol said in a news release.
The pickup hit an exit sign, continued onto the freeway’s off-ramp and crossed an intersection, the highway patrol said. The vehicle then crashed into an overpass’s concrete wall and fence and flew over the edge, landing on the interstate below.
The driver died at the scene.
Concrete, a light pole and debris fell onto the freeway from the bridge, NBC Los Angeles reported. The eastbound side of the freeway was closed until around 9:30 a.m., according to CBS Los Angeles.
Additional details were not immediately available.
Staff writer Quinn Wilson contributed to this story.
