Crime & Safety
Freeway Fatality at Oso: Ice Cream Truck Ablaze
In Mission Viejo, an ice cream truck crashes near the Oso exit, catching fire on the I-5 freeway and killing the driver.
A man was killed in Mission Viejo this morning after crashing a loaded ice cream truck into a parked produce freight truck, setting the ice cream truck on fire.
The crash was reported at 2:27 a.m. on I-5 southbound, north of Oso Parkway, California Highway Patrol Officer Denise Quesada told City News Service.
She said the ice cream truck driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
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CHP closed all southbound lanes between Oso to Crown Valley parkways at 3:42 a.m. Three lanes were reopened about 6:20 a.m., the CHP reported.
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