Car Flips Over Onto Metro Train Tracks After Wednesday Collision on 210 Freeway, Snarls Traffic, Stops Gold Line Temporarily

A car heading westbound on the I-210 Freeway near Lake Avenue collided with a pickup truck before it flew over the K-rail siding of the freeway and landed upside down on the Gold Line tracks shortly before 11:23 a.m. this morning. The Gold Line was shut down, and traffic on I-210 Foothill Freeway was heavily impacted.

The crash was reported to officials at 11:24 a.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Stephan Brandt said.

Lisa Derderian, Public Information Spokesperson for the Pasadena Fire Department, said the driver suffered serious injuries.

“We extricated a patient from the vehicle who was transported to a local hospital meeting trauma criteria,” she said. “We used one of our neighboring city’s search and rescue vehicles for the extrication.”

The CHP has reported that the driver of the pickup pulled over on the freeway shoulder immediately following the accident, but his injuries, if any, are unknown.

Derderian also said that there were significant traffic delays on the freeway in both directions. The California Highway Patrol issued a SigAlert for the westbound side of the freeway, with lane closures lasting until about 2 p.m.

Buses replaced Gold Line trains between Allen and Del Mar as the wreckage was cleared. No trains were hit in the accident.

Trains have resumed normal service with up to 15-minute residual delays thru 3:15 pm.