Police cited the driver of this GM Emulsion LLC truck from Santa Fe for following too close after it ran into the back of a car and pushed it into the back of another car around 5 p.m. Thursday on Trinity Drive. Police had to tow the damaged truck to an adjacent parking lot. Los Alamos firefighters arrived on the scene to check out those involved for possible injuries and also doused an area of oil spilled on the roadway with a foamy solution. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Evening commuter traffic slows at the site of a three-vehicle accident Thursday on Trinity Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos police respond to the scene of an accident early Thursday evening on Trinity Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
A pickup ran into the back of this red car and pushed it into the back of this blue car Thursday on Trinity Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Cpl. James Keane speaks with the driver of the red car involved in Thursday’s accident. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Cpl. James Keane speaks with the driver of the blue car involved in Thursday’s accident. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Cpl. James Keane, center, issues a citation (for following too close) to the driver of a truck that ran into the back of a car and pushed it into another car Thursday on Trinity Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Oil leaks from one of the vehicles involved in an accident Thursday on Trinity Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Cpl. Sheldon Simpson throws dirt on the oil spill. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
LAFD sprays a flame retardant solution on the oil spill leaked from a vahicle involved in Thursday’s accident on Trinity Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Firefighters cover oil on Trinity Drive with a flame retardant solution. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
LAFD at the scene. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Ofc. David Boe arrives at the accident site. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
LAPD tows the truck cited in Thursday’s accident off the roadway and into a parking lot. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
A police truck tows the pickup loaded with fire wood after it was damaged in Thursday’s accident on Trinity Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The driver of the truck in the center was cited Thursday on Trinity Drive for following too close. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com