A California Highway Patrol officer was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle on the 5 Freeway in Sylmar early Sunday morning, authorities said.
The officer was struck around 3:30 a.m. while responding to a disabled vehicle on the southbound 5 Freeway, north of State Route 14, according to CHP Officer Elizabeth Kravig.
The officer, whose name has not been released, was rushed to the hospital in an unknown condition, he said.
All southbound lanes of the 5 Freeway north of State Route 14 remained closed Sunday morning, he said.
