At least four vehicles crashed on southbound Interstate 805 near Nobel Drive in between University City and La Jolla on Monday afternoon, sending at least three people to hospitals and slowing down traffic during a usually high-traffic hour.
Of those vehicles involved in the crash were a tow truck, two SUVs and a semi-trailer truck, California Highway Patrol said. One vehicle was overturned and the semi-truck was jackknifed, CHP said.
The crash left only the HOV lane and the #1 lane open, blocking all other lanes for about one hour. By 6:17 p.m. all lanes had reopened to traffic, Caltrans San Diego wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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