Seven people were injured, one of them seriously, after a multi-vehicle crash shut down lanes of the southbound 5 Freeway near Dodger Stadium Sunday night. The wreck happened around 8:30 p.m. near the Stadium Way exit, snarling traffic in the area as emergency crews worked to clear the scene.
At least five vehicles were involved in the crash, according to ABC7. One person was seriously hurt and taken to a hospital, while the remaining six suffered minor injuries, the station reported. CBS News also confirmed that at least seven people were injured in the crash, which Los Angeles firefighters said occurred in the Elysian Park area along the freeway.
Several southbound lanes were closed in the aftermath, backing up traffic through one of the city's busiest freeway corridors on a Sunday night. Despite the scale of the pileup, no extrications were required, per the same report from the fire department relayed by ABC7. The cause of the crash remained under investigation.
A Familiar Trouble Spot Near Stadium Way
This isn't the first time this stretch of the 5 Freeway near Stadium Way has seen a serious crash. Just over a week earlier, on October 24, 2026, two vehicles collided and one rolled over on northbound I-5 near the same off-ramp, blocking multiple northbound lanes for roughly 40 minutes.
A far more severe incident unfolded in the same general area in December 2021, when a chain-reaction pileup on the southbound 5 Freeway at Stadium Way killed one person and injured seven others, including an 11-year-old girl, according to CBS News Los Angeles. That crash, which happened just after 8 a.m. and involved at least nine vehicles including two big rigs, required firefighters to use hydraulic equipment to free a trapped victim. Two women, ages 67 and 29, and the 11-year-old girl were taken to local hospitals with undisclosed injuries, while four other injured people declined hospital transport, per the outlet's reporting.
Investigation Still Underway
No cause has been determined for Sunday night's crash, and officials have not said whether any citations or enforcement actions resulted from the collision. The stretch of freeway near Dodger Stadium and Elysian Park has proven to be a recurring site of multi-vehicle wrecks, though the circumstances behind each incident have varied. Drivers heading toward downtown Los Angeles on the 5 Freeway should expect the possibility of continued congestion in the area as cleanup and investigation efforts continue.
