Rescuers had to pull a driver from his truck’s mangled cab after two big-rigs crashed into each other on the 710 Freeway near the 91 Freeway Thursday morning.

The crash happened around 10 a.m. on the southbound 710 just north of the 91.

Photos from the scene show a truck that appeared to have crashed into the back of another big-rig.

The smashed pink truck. Photo by Stephen Carr.

“Both drivers suffered injuries with one requiring extrication with the ‘jaws of life,'” the Long Beach Fire Department tweeted. The driver that had to be rescued was taken to a trauma hospital, they said.

The crash spread debris across the roadway and shut down three lanes of the 710 Freeway, according to a CHP log.

Members of the Long Beach Fire Department, CHP and CalTrans working the scene of a crash on the 710 Freeway. Photo by Stephen Carr.

Jeremiah Dobruck is executive editor of the Long Beach Post where he oversees all day-to-day newsroom operations. In his time working as a journalist in Long Beach, he’s won numerous awards for his investigative reporting and editing. Before coming to the Post in 2018, he wrote for publications including the Press-Telegram, Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times. Reach him at [email protected] or @jeremiahdobruck on Twitter.