Some lanes on the eastbound and westbound side reopened overnight, but a full reopening of all freeway lanes happened at about 8 a.m.
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A full closure of the 10 Freeway around Riverside Avenue was prompted Friday afternoon after a large concrete pumping truck plowed through the center divider and collided with four other cars and a motorcycle driver on the eastbound side of the freeway.
Five people were killed. The truck driver only sustained minor injuries and another driver walked away unharmed.
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At one point during the closure, drivers were trying to avoid the traffic standstill by driving through a sandy area off the side of the freeway, but many drivers in smaller cars ended up stuck.
AIR7 HD captured footage of a raised truck driving through the sand to help pull the vehicles out of the sand trap.
It was unclear what caused the truck driver to lose control of the vehicle.