Five people were injured Friday in a four-vehicle crash in the unincorporated Florence area of the county, authorities said.
Paramedics sent to Gage and Central avenues about 8:10 a.m. transported the injured for hospital treatment, said county fire Inspector Randall Wright. The severity of the injuries was not immediately known.
Two of the injured people were freed from the wreckage by firefighters using hydraulic tools, Wright said. The circumstances of the crash were under investigation.
—City News Service