{"id":519703,"date":"2026-11-05T19:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/519703\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T19:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:10:10","slug":"beams-from-truck-load-smash-through-pickup-on-405-freeway-in-westminster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/519703\/","title":{"rendered":"Beams from truck load smash through pickup on 405 Freeway in Westminster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jxTEW Poyse ouIFx uieav lqtkC HkWF HfYhe kGyAC \">The beams came off a work truck and smashed through the back of a pickup.<\/p>\n<p>Unbelievable photos show beams that crashed all the way through a truck in Westminster on Wednesday morning, causing minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>@CHPWESTMINSTER<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793905810_315_origin-kabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, November 5, 2026 6:48PM<\/p>\n<p>Follow ABC7 on Google<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">WESTMINSTER, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; Unbelievable photos show beams that crashed all the way through a truck in Westminster on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">California Highway Patrol <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfVA3EXmPN5\/?img_index=1&amp;psln=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" dir=\"ltr\">shared photos of the crash<\/a>, which happened on the 405 Freeway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The beams came off what appears to be a work truck with a rack and smashed right through the back of a pickup truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The photos show where the beams pierced the driver&#8217;s side, just above the steering wheel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Miraculously, only minor injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">CHP shared the photos of the crash as a reminder for drivers to secure their loads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">&#8220;Before hitting the road, make sure your load is properly secured, tied down, not overloaded, and safe for travel. A few extra minutes of preparation can prevent a serious crash and save lives,&#8221; CHP Westminster wrote in a post on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The beams came off a work truck and smashed through the back of a pickup. Unbelievable photos show&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[199096,163,165,164],"class_list":["post-519703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-199096","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}