A collision between a sports car and a big rig this morning in the Cajon Pass killed the truck’s driver and closed the northbound freeway lanes for about two hours.

The big rig, owned by package shipper UPS, overturned at 6:53 a.m. today just south of Oak Hill Road, crushing the cab and trapping the driver, Alfred Eclipse Jr., of Norwalk, the Highway Patrol said in a news release. Eclipse died at the scene.

Nathan Hebert, 32, of San Bernardino, was at the wheel of a 2005 Nissan 350Z and was reported to be speeding shortly before the car swerved into the center divider, then veered back across traffic lanes and collided with the big rig’s left front wheel, the CHP said in the news release.

“It appears the (truck) driver tried to avoid the collision,” said CHP Officer Hope Maxson by telephone this morning. “But they did collide. And the tractor-trailer went rolling off the right shoulder. It overturned onto its side and down an embankment.”

Hebert suffered minor injuries, the CHP said.

The wreck closed three of the five northbound lanes and triggered a SigAlert.

Cause of the Cajon Pass Crash

Based on news reports Officers said Hebert told them that he was cut off by a silver Toyota Camry, but investigators still haven’t determined what caused the Nissan to lose control and eventually trigger the crash. The accident remains under investigation.

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