Anaheim: Several Injured in 57 Freeway Crash

Shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 4^th, several people were injured in a multiple-vehicle crash on the 57 Freeway in Anaheim. The collision, which occurred near Wagner Avenue and involved at least five vehicles, sent 12 people to the hospital. The accident snarled traffic to Bastanchury Road, with the carpool and fast lane reopened around 11:20 a.m., explains an auto accident lawyer in Orange County. 

Anaheim accounted for 13 of the 101 fatalities and 2,769 of the 16,620 injuries suffered by motor vehicle occupants in traffic accidents throughout Orange County, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System. The California Office of Traffic Safety compares the accident statistics of counties with similar populations, giving those with the poorest records the highest rankings, with 1^st place considered the worst. That year, Orange County ranked 32^nd out of 58 counties with similar populations. 

All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to wish the 12 people who were injured in the 57 Freeway crash this morning a full recovery.

The Orange County Register originally reported this Anaheim collision.

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