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Massive Los Angeles crash kills one, snarls freeways

LOS ANGELES, Apr 26 (Reuters) Two big rigs and several cars collided on a freeway north of downtown Los Angeles today, sparking an explosion and fire, killing at least one person and forcing authorities to shut down two major arteries into the city for hours.
Several other people were injured in the fiery crash, which sent plumes of thick black smoke billowing into the sky, said Officer Kevin Tao of the California Highway Patrol. The Los Angeles Times reported that nine people were hurt.
Local television images showed firefighters pouring water on the burned-out hulk of a tanker truck, a small car wedged underneath. A black pick-up truck that had been towing a trailer had come to rest on top of a center median, it's rear wheels well off the ground.
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