Sun Valley: California Highway Patrol received a call of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department prisoner transport bus that had broken down on the 5 Freeway north at Lankershim Boulevard around 8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. CHP assisted LASD by transferring the inmates from one bus to the another.
Key News footage at the scene shows handcuffed prisoners, many chained together, as they walked from one bus to the other guarded by the presence of additional Sheriff's Department units that responded to the scene for the transfer. The incident caused freeway traffic congestion. A Sig Alert was issued for the HOV lane. LASD was waiting for a tow.
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