CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol (CHP) published an internal report on an incident that occurred on Saturday, October 18, in which metal shrapnel from explosive ordnance fired over the Interstate 5 freeway detonated overhead prematurely, striking and damaging a CHP patrol vehicle. The incident happened in the area where CHP officers were supporting a traffic break along I-5 near Camp Pendleton during an exceptional U.S. Marine Corps live-fire training demonstration over the freeway, and where the CHP had elected to stop traffic during the live-fire exercise.

“ This was an unusual and concerning situation,” said CHP Border Division Chief Tony Coronado . “It is highly uncommon for any live-fire or explosive training activity to occur over an active freeway. As a Ma

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