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5 Freeway Shut In Both Directions Due To Police Activity In Boyle Heights
cbslocal.com ^ | July 25, 2014 4:29 PM | Stu Mundel

Posted on 07/25/2014 7:26:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin

BOYLE HEIGHTS — The 5 Freeway was shut in both directions in Boyle Heights due to police activity Friday afternoon.

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“People out of their cars wondering what’s going on,” reported Stu Mundel in Sky9.

Reports from the scene said officials were trying to talk a suicidal man out of jumping onto the freeway from an overpass.

The unidentified man was taken into custody around 7:15 p.m., authorities said.

The incident, first reported around 3:30 p.m. occurred in East LA at Olympic.

“Right now, the 5 is a parking lot,” Mundel reported in the mid-afternoon rush. “On the northbound side, people were back up with no option to exit.

“Get on the phone and tell everyone you know to avoid the 5, “Mundel reported.

The southbound 5 is hit the hardest, Mundel said. There were cars stuck behind a police barricade for hours.

The CHP was trying to aid some of those stuck riders by making U-turns and exiting on the nearby Lorena Avenue off-ramp.

Other freeways have also been affected by motorists being backed up including the 10 eastbound and the 60 in both directions.

By 7:15, scores of vehicles were still stuck, in a group, as the CHP worked at turning them around.

There was no word from the scene when normal operations would continue.


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To: mabarker1

I’m glad i live in California!!!


41 posted on 07/25/2014 10:52:17 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: doorgunner69

LA is a great big freeway.


42 posted on 07/25/2014 11:43:05 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: BunnySlippers

OK, well you have fun out there.


43 posted on 07/26/2014 12:16:11 AM PDT by mabarker1 (Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!! Once again dingy hairball, STFU!!! You corrupt POS!!!)
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To: Ken H

put a hundred down and buy a car


44 posted on 07/26/2014 12:56:25 AM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: Kickass Conservative

The most Tommyburgers I’ve tried eating at once is two (the double chili-cheeseburgers), but I once watched a friend eat three—and survive.


45 posted on 07/26/2014 10:30:06 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: morphing libertarian

Don’t know if you remember the brief nationwide paper shortage in the late ‘60s or early ‘70s, but Tommy’s had no napkins or paper towels. You just used the thin slick paper they wrapped them in and tried not to drip chili on yourself.


46 posted on 07/26/2014 10:33:43 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Bringing back memories of Julie’s near the Coliseum....you couldn’t get near the place on USC football game days; the Obradovich family (former players) later bought it.


47 posted on 07/26/2014 10:36:45 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Yes, but I did not go to Tommy’s at the time. Lived in Pomona and was not a regular.


48 posted on 07/26/2014 11:01:18 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

all the time.


49 posted on 07/26/2014 11:01:57 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Hebrews 11:6

It isn’t eating the Tommy’s Burgers, it’s what happens the next day. Well, at least at my age.

Make sure to stay close to Home the day after. You might end up with “Mount St. Helens” syndrome.


50 posted on 07/26/2014 12:56:10 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Things can always be worse and the Democrat Party is here to prove it.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Apparently, your screen-name is unusually descriptive.


51 posted on 07/26/2014 2:06:35 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: BenLurkin

Is the Obama administration causing more suicides—veterans, active military or otherwise?


52 posted on 07/27/2014 5:51:12 AM PDT by Does so ("Miranda Warnings" and loss of "Common-Law Marriage" = 2 Big Mistakes...)
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