Five people have been injured after several vehicles crashed and one of them caught fire on I-5 in Irvine, according to a news report.
The California Highway Patrol said that officers responded to a report of a five-vehicle crash on the northbound I-5 near Culver Drive. Investigators said that the chain-reaction crash began when one vehicle changed lanes abruptly and caused another car to lose control as it attempted to veer away. That car struck the center divider and stalled, blocking the carpool lane. Several other vehicles then crashed into the stalled car, causing one of the vehicles to catch fire and hit a man who was outside his vehicle.
The injured man was taken to the hospital with burns and cuts; four other people were also hospitalized with minor injuries.
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