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Big-Rig Carrying 80K Pounds Of Beef Overturns On 101 Freeway

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A semi-truck carrying about 80,000 pounds of raw beef overturned on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles early Monday morning, backing up traffic for several hours.

Big-Rig Carrying 80K Pounds Of Beef Overturns On 101 Freeway
A big-rig overturned on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. March 22, 2021. (CBSLA)

The crash occurred on the southbound 101 Freeway near Alameda Street at around 2 a.m.

A Sig Alert was issued and several lanes of the southbound 101 Freeway were shut down.

The driver was not hurt. The cause of the crash was under investigation.

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