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[KHTS] – A Valencia man has been identified as the victim of a fatal crash that occurred on the westbound I-210 transition road to the northbound I-5 Monday afternoon.

At approximately 4:05 p.m., 47-year-old Pablo E. Gratas’s 2002 Toyota Camry collided into the guardrail that borders the north side of the road for an unknown reason, according to a news release from the California Highway Patrol.

His car then went down a dirt embankment before colliding into a big rig that was traveling on the transition road.

Gratas suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead on scene by Los Angeles City Fire Department personnel.

Alcohol or drugs are not suspected to be a factor in this collision.

A Sig Alert was issued for all lanes of the westbound I-210 to the northbound I-5 transition road shortly after 4:31 p.m.
on Monday due to the collision. The Sig Alert was cancelled at approximately 9:40 p.m. and all lanes were reopened.

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24 Comments

  1. Lora Perkins-Rodriguez here’s. What happened

  2. Sonya Rowin Sonya Rowin says:

    So sad. Condolences to the family.

  3. Judy Gardner this was my problem so sad

  4. mary says:

    We where right behind this, where stuck on freeway for about 2 hours, until we where able to reverse car and get out. A nightmare for us a tragedy for the family of this person, may he now rest in peace.

  5. Claudia Lopez this explains the traffic you were stuck in for hours!

  6. Awww man… I remember thinking this traffic sucks… Just hope no lives were lost… No such luck ?

  7. Thanks for the info

  8. The man has been identified.. Sad he was pronounced dead at the scene ? May his soul R.I.P. ?

  9. Tim Abel Tim Abel says:

    Joni Spannenberger did about this mom, I take that way to get home from work everyday and I was stuck in the traffic, didn’t get home till 6:30.. I was on the 210 at around the scene and it must have just happened minutes before I drove up..

  10. Thalía Miranda says:

    His father a well known Latino journalist in the United States passed away in October 2015. Now he rests in paradise with his father. He was also an employee of Telemundo 52 in Los Angeles.

  11. Doreen Ornelas AmescuaThis explains the other part of the traffic last night :(

  12. Gee Hawd Gee Hawd says:

    So sad. ^^^^^^get over your traffic dilemmas some1 just died.
    #rubbishHumans

  13. I’m so sorry. That’s such a lethal area on the freeway with so many jockeying for different lanes to get to the 5 and the 14. Been there and I’m always a bit stressed til I get through the pass. Prayers for their family.

  14. Very sad. Yep, I was stuck in the traffic for hours but that’s nothing. I was stuck behind the flatbed truck carrying the vehicle he died in. That makes your heart hurt. So sorry for the loss his family is going through.

  15. Very sad, prayers to his family

  16. So sad! That is a terrible way to go! Probably on his way home from work! I send my love to the family!

  17. Shirley says:

    RIP sir. Condolences to the family.

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