One person died early Saturday morning after a car rear-ended a semi-truck on I-10 near the Banning Weigh Station
Banning, Calif. – One person was killed in a rear-end collision involving a big rig that happened early Saturday morning in Banning, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The wreck occurred around 2:33 a.m. on the westbound Interstate 10 at the Banning weigh station.
CHP said a car crashed into the back of a semi-truck for unknown reasons.
The report said the car caught fire after the collision, but the flames were quickly extinguished.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:51 a.m.
The westbound scales were closed following the accident.
An investigation is ongoing.
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