405 Freeway open after big rig flips, spills fuel to snarl traffic
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The 405 Freeway was fully open to traffic Friday morning after a wrecked big rig and subsequent fuel spill took its toll on the morning commute.
The truck and a second vehicle collided on the northbound lanes just after 6 a.m. between Waterford Street and Sepulveda Boulevard in Brentwood.
More than 700 gallons of diesel fuel spilled across about two miles of highway, said California Highway Patrol Officer Monica Posada.
The fuel might have spilled into a construction zone but was contained before it seeped into the ground, she said.
The freeway’s three right lanes at Montana Avenue, the Santa Monica Boulevard onramps and Wilshire Boulevard’s offramps and onramps were closed until about 9 a.m.
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