Army armored vehicle jams traffic on the 101 Freeway

A disabled military armored vehicle is causing a massive traffic jam on the 101 Freeway during the afternoon rush hour.

The U.S. Army vehicle began slipping off a transport truck shortly after noon, near the Laurel Canyon Boulevard offramp.

The transport driver pulled over to the shoulder but realized he would need additional equipment to right the armored vehicle, said California Highway Patrol Officer Jose Nunez.

Eastbound motorists were slowing to look at the slipping vehicle, snarling the roadway for homeward-bound commuters.

Nunez did not know how long it would take to resolve the situation.

-- Jean Merl

Map of the 101 freeway in the valley via Google Maps

Comments

[Kevin Jordan]

You can see it back up over the day starting at 1pm on trafficpredict.com:

http://www.trafficpredict.com/index.php?daytime=1230670800

click the next hour and you can see it get worse every hour through 5pm.