Crews work to clear one of the crashed big rig trucks involved in a major pile up on the southbound I-15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass Wednesday morning. The southbound I-15 Freeway was shut down in the Cajon Pass Wednesday, January 16, 2019 for several hours following a major pile up at approximately 9 a.m. involving at least 19 vehicles which was believed to be weather related. No major injuries were reported. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG).
Juanita Thornton, from Victorville, carries a co-workers belongs following a major pile up on the southbound I-15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass Wednesday morning. The southbound I-15 Freeway was shut down in the Cajon Pass Wednesday, January 16, 2019 for several hours following a major pile up at approximately 9 a.m. involving at least 19 vehicles which was believed to be weather related. No major injuries were reported. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG).
Crews work to clear one of the crashed big rig trucks involved in a major pile up on the southbound I-15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass Wednesday morning. The southbound I-15 Freeway was shut down in the Cajon Pass Wednesday, January 16, 2019 for several hours following a major pile up at approximately 9 a.m. involving at least 19 vehicles which was believed to be weather related. No major injuries were reported. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG).
Vehicles sit stopped in the Cajon Pass following a major pile up on the southbound 15 Freeway Wednesday morning. The southbound I-15 Freeway was shut down in the Cajon Pass Wednesday, January 16, 2019 for several hours following a major pile up at approximately 9 a.m. involving at least 19 vehicles which was believed to be weather related. No major injuries were reported. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG).
The southbound I-15 Freeway was shut down in the Cajon Pass Wednesday, January 16, 2019 for several hours following a major pile up at approximately 9 a.m. involving at least 19 vehicles which was believed to be weather related. No major injuries were reported. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG).
Crews work to clear one of the crashed big rig trucks involved in a major pile up on the southbound I-15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass Wednesday morning. The southbound I-15 Freeway was shut down in the Cajon Pass Wednesday, January 16, 2019 for several hours following a major pile up at approximately 9 a.m. involving at least 19 vehicles which was believed to be weather related. No major injuries were reported. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG).
Crews work to clear one of the crashed big rig trucks involved in a major pile up on the southbound I-15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass Wednesday morning. The southbound I-15 Freeway was shut down in the Cajon Pass Wednesday, January 16, 2019 for several hours following a major pile up at approximately 9 a.m. involving at least 19 vehicles which was believed to be weather related. No major injuries were reported. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG).
Crews work to clear one of the crashed big rig trucks involved in a major pile up on the southbound I-15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass Wednesday morning. The southbound I-15 Freeway was shut down in the Cajon Pass Wednesday, January 16, 2019 for several hours following a major pile up at approximately 9 a.m. involving at least 19 vehicles which was believed to be weather related. No major injuries were reported. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG).
A crash involving at least 19 vehicles Wednesday morning shut down the 15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass for nearly three hours.
Authorities temporarily reopened two lanes of the freeway around 11:30 a.m. but then they were shut down again as crews finished taking all the damaged vehicles off the roadway.
The California Highway Patrol issued a SigAlert for the area, which was lifted just before noon.
Motorists can still expect some residual slowing due to the series of crashes, Officer Marcelo Llerana said.
Caltrans issued a fog advisory for the Cajon Pass Wednesday morning.
The San Bernardino County Fire Department set up triage for patients on site but tweeted that the majority of patients were declining to be sent to hospitals.
The California Highway Patrol also said it appeared none of the crash victims were unconscious or suffering major injuries.
At one point during the shutdown, motorists were reported going northbound on the southbound freeway’s shoulder to get out of traffic, and some cars were reported making a wrong-way exit off Highway 395, which intersects the freeway north of the crash site, in Hesperia.
During the closure Ranchero Road was being used as a detour.
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