A driver was killed Wednesday morning when a pickup truck slammed into a guardrail on a freeway exchange in Sherman Oaks.
The crash was reported at 3:05 a.m. Wednesday on the transition road from the northbound Ventura (101) Freeway to the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway, California Highway Patrol Officer Sergio Garcia told City News Service.
The victim — whose name, gender and age were not immediately known — was pronounced dead at the scene.
All lanes but one on the northbound 101 Freeway and one lane on the southbound 405 Freeway were closed following the crash and a Sigalert was issued, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Only one lane of the northbound 101 remained closed as of about 8:40 a.m. and the transition road was re-opened at about 11 a.m., the CHP reported.