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1965 - Signal newspaper owner Scott Newhall shows up for a duel (of words) with rival Canyon Country newspaper publisher Art Evans, who no-shows and folds his paper soon after [story]
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All lanes of the southbound 14 freeway just past Escondido Canyon Road are closed due to an 18-vehcile accident. Two of the northbound lanes (the carpool and left lane) are closed, as well.

Traffic is backed up to Sierra Highway and is moving very slowly from Agua Dulce.

NBC4 is reporting that 15 people have been injured, two of them critically. The accident may have been caused by a truck hauling two trailers of sand, which spilled 25 tons of sand on the freeway.

Video of the crash site shows cars piled one on top of the other in several spots.

 

Detail from CHP

 

12:27 PM 48 NB SIERRA NOW CLOSED FROM WARD RD
12:27 PM 47 TMC COPIES 10-39 MEDIA
12:17 PM 46 1039 TG TOW ETA 20
12:16 PM 45 RDWY BLOCKED UNK DURATION
12:11 PM 44 PLS ROLL ADTNL 1185 FOR SIL VOLK PAS
12:08 PM 43 ONSTAR CALLING FOR THEIR CUSTOMER — REQ TO KNOW HOW LONG RDWY WILL BE BLOCKED
12:07 PM 42 PLZ ADVS IF SAND/DIRT HAULER WAS INVLD IN TC AND THE PARTY S INFO IF POSSIBLE, THX
11:57 AM 41 CT ETA 45 MINS
11:42 AM 40 WAS ADVS TOP HAVE FRANCO TO CANCEL THE 2 ADDITONAL TRKS –(SUPERVISOR)
11:42 AM 39 PER RYAN FROM FRANCO ADVS WHEN HIS 1S TRK WENT 97–OFFICER ON SCENE REQUEST 2 ADDITONAL TRKS
11:42 AM 38 RECALL TO FRANCO ADVS TO CANCEL THOSE 2 ADDITONAL TRKS THAT WAS NOT ROTATED OR REQUESTED–
11:42 AM 37 PER S3 / ALL TRAFFIC CLEARED OUT BTWN TC SCENE AND ESCONDIDO / WILL CLEAR TC VEHS / UNK ETA
11:19 AM 36 89-1A / WARD RD / AND SIERRA HWY SHUT DOWN / TRAFFUC GOING WW / REQ CT FOR CLOSURE SIGNS
11:18 AM 35 AFFIRM / PER S3 CLEARING OUT VEHS FOR TC SCENE
11:16 AM 34 1039 WOLFS AUTO REPAIR ETA 15-20
11:16 AM 33 NEWS CAMERAS SETTING UP ON NB SIDE / NEG OPEN LANES / JUST CLEARING OUT VEH
11:16 AM 32 PER S3 / CLEARING OUT SB SIDE OF TC VEHS BTWN ESC
11:14 AM 31 PER 89-2A / SIERRA HWY TO SB 14 / WARD TO SB / PTYS DRIVING UP THE RAMP
11:13 AM 30 REQ ADD L 1185 FOR FORD EXPLR
11:12 AM 29 78-200 INQ IF AIRSHIP IS AVAIL / REQ ARIAL SHOTS OF TC
11:07 AM 28 SB 14 JSO SANTIAGO, A BIG RIG IS ATTEMPTING TO BACK OFF FWY USING CD
10:50 AM 27 PER 78-S3 TMC NOTIFIED ENTAC RE SR-14 ALL LANES CLOSED
10:35 AM 26 FREEWAY TOW ON LL, ADVSD DRIVER STUCK IN TRAFFIC, REQ G USE OF RS TO GET TO SCENE
10:33 AM 25 1039 FRANCOS TOW ETA 20 TO 25
10:32 AM 24 PER 78-M6 1185 WHI TOYT PRIUS FRONT DAMAGE–JSO ESCONDIO–
10:30 AM 23 PER 89-2A PLS ADVS SIGN SB AT RANCHO VISTA–FREEWAY CLOSURE SB AT EXCONDIDO– THKS
10:24 AM 22 CT ETA 30 MIN
10:22 AM 21 TMC COPIES SIGALERT UPDATE 10-39 MEDIA
10:20 AM 20 145 SHUTTING FRWY DOWN AT ESCONDIDO / TAKING TRAFFIC OFF ESCONDIDO CANYON
10:12 AM 19 S3 REQ SB 14 JNO ESCONDIDO / DIRECT TRAFFIC OFF AT AGUA DULCE
10:12 AM 18 SIGALERT UPDATED ON THE BLUE
10:11 AM 17 TMC COPIES UPDATE NB SR-14 HOV, #1 LANE CLSD FOR 30 MIN
10:08 AM 16 TMC COPIES SIGALERT UPDATE 10-39 MEDIA
10:06 AM 15 ** UPDATE SIGALERT ** ALL LANES SHUT DOWN FOR 30 – 60 MIN
10:06 AM 14 ALL LANES SHUT DOWN / FIRE MUST STABILIZE VEH IN CD
9:57 AM 13 1039 FREEWAY TOW ETA 30 OR LESS AFFIRM HD 1185
9:56 AM 12 1039 LM NO HD AVAIL
9:54 AM 11 1 1185H / 25 TONS OF SAND / 1 TRLR
9:54 AM 10 1039 LM TOW ETA 15-20 AFFIRM FOR 4 1185 S
9:52 AM 9 TMC COPIES SIGALERT 10-39 MEDIA
9:52 AM 8 ** ISSUE SIGALERT ** FOR 1 HOUR – VEHS BLKG HOV & #1
9:51 AM 7 PLS START 4 1185 S
9:47 AM 6 1039 TO LACOFD AT 0944 HRS
9:46 AM 5 VOLK GOLF UNDER A FORD F150 – 1039 LACOFD
9:44 AM 4 7-8 VEH INV D / FIRE 97 / 1 PTY TRAPPED
9:44 AM 3 VOLKS PASSET HAS TRAPPED IN VEH
9:43 AM 2 PTY TRAPPED IN VEH
9:42 AM 1 4-5 AND BIG RIG INVOL– ALL LANES BLOCKED
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2 Comments

  1. K says:

    It’s amazing that this is the first time this has happened. Those dirt haulers have been leaving layers of dirt on the freeway for months now!! We live close enough to the freeway to notice the layer of dirt that collects on our cars overnight in most cases. Wash your car one day, the next day its covered with more dirt. Last Thursday, we entered the SB 14 freeway from the Sand Canyon onramp and were greeted with a noticable dust cloud from 2 double dirt haulers who had already gone by a few minutes earlier.

  2. USA707 says:

    the big rig had bald tires where are the state inspectors sleeping

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