LOS ANGELES - A section of the 405 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley was shut down in both directions Sunday afternoon after a charter bus crossed the center divider and crashed into another vehicle, triggering other collisions and injuring more than two dozen people, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The crash occurred about 1 p.m. in the southbound lanes of the freeway north of Nordhoff Street in North Hills, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. That triggered other vehicle crashes on both sides of the freeway.

Twenty-five people were taken to hospitals, with five listed in serious condition — ranging in age from 30 to 88 — and all others in fair condition with minor injuries, officials said. Fifteen other people were evaluated at the scene.

The private charter bus was carrying at least 37 people coming from a church event at the Forum in Inglewood, California Highway Patrol Officer Wescon Haver told KTLA-TV, Channel 5.

Story Date: October 15, 2018