PERRIS (CBSLA) – Firefighters had to extricate a trapped driver from his Bud Light delivery truck after it crashed onto Metrolink train tracks in the Perris area Tuesday morning.
Aug. 6, 2019. (CAL FIRE/Facebook)
Just before 6 a.m., the semi-truck was headed southbound on the 215 Freeway near Harley Knox Boulevard when it went off the road and crashed into the train tracks, landing on its side, according to California Highway Patrol, losing its load of beer.
CAL FIRE/Riverside County firefighters responded and extricated the trapped driver, whose condition was not confirmed.
Metrolink reported that service for its 91/Perris Valley Line was shut down between downtown Perris and Moreno Valley as of 10 a.m.
The cause and circumstances of the crash were not disclosed. It’s unclear if any other vehicles were involved.
Update: 91/PV Line 732 to South Perris is canceled due to traffic accident near the tracks. Please contact our call center at 1-800-371-5465 for alternate transportation.
— Metrolink (@Metrolink) August 6, 2019
Update: 91/PV Line 705 to Los Angeles is canceled due to traffic accident near the tracks.
— Metrolink (@Metrolink) August 6, 2019
