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405 Freeway shut down in West LA due to severe crash involving LAPD officer

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Published  November 21, 2024 4:36pm PST
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FOX 11

LAPD officer injured in rush hour freeway crash

A rush hour freeway crash brought an LAPD officer to the hospital and backed up traffic on one of the country's busiest freeways all night.

The Brief

    • An LAPD officer was brought to the hospital after a crash on the 405 Freeway in Brentwood Thursday.
    • The crash shut down the northbound lanes of the freeway.
    • The crash is under investigation.

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Police Department officer was brought to the hospital after a crash on the 405 Freeway Thursday evening, shutting down a portion of the freeway in Brentwood.

Reports of the crash came in just after 4:00 p.m. on the 405 northbound near Skirball Center Drive. According to the California Highway Patrol, an LAPD motorcycle officer was involved in the crash with multiple other vehicles.

Traffic backup following crash on the 405 Freeway involving an LAPD officer. (SkyFOX)

Images from SkyFOX showed all the northbound lanes of the freeway closed off as paramedics took the officer into an ambulance. 

By 10 p.m., all lanes had been reopened. But the crash was a traffic nightmare for commuters, with some telling FOX 11 that it took three hours to get to West LA from the valley. 

The injured officer is still in the hospital Thursday night with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the LAPD.

The Source

  • This story was reported using information from the California Highway Patrol.