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Dec 24, 2008 1:44 pm US/Pacific

Big Rig Crash Shuts Down Much Of I-15

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) ― The entire northbound side of Interstate 15 in Rancho Cucamonga had to be shut down while a helicopter landed on the freeway to airlift an injured truck driver whose tractor-trailer ran off the freeway and tumbled into a ravine.

The California Highway Patrol said the big rig ran into the area between the freeway's two sides at about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, forcing the shutdown of two southbound lanes for an expected two hours.

An hour later the whole northbound side -- one of the Los Angeles area's primary routes for holiday getaway traffic -- was closed for the helicopter, but reopened minutes later.

Details on the truck driver's condition were not immediately available.

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