A motorist driving on Interstate Highway 880 in the East Bay this afternoon called the California Highway Patrol after spotting his own stolen trailer driven by another person, a CHP spokesman said. The call came in at about 12:30 p.m., and CHP officers pulled over the trailer on southbound I-880 between state Highway 92 and West Tennyson Road in Hayward, CHP Officer R. Crawford said. Read More
A big-rig hauling junk cars overturned on the Highway 92 offramp to Highway 101 in San Mateo County, shutting down the major freeway connector for more than 4 hours, according to the California Highway Patrol.The incident was reported around 12:15 p.m. Wednesday. Though no injuries were immediately reported an ambulance responded to the crash site. The big-rig was reportedly on its driver’s side. Read More
State Highway 4 is shut down in both directions in Pittsburg this morning because of police activity, a California Highway Patrol officer said. The activity, which began shortly before 7 a.m., is occurring on the overcrossing at Loveridge Road, forcing authorities to block both eastbound and westbound traffic, CHP Officer Peter Van Eckhardt said.Westbound motorists are being detoured off the highway at Somersville Road in Antioch, he said. Read More
All lanes of eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in San Francisco are back open after crews removed a disabled big-rig and the portable building it was carrying that blocked the roadway for more than four hours this morning.The big-rig and its load were relocated to the Fifth Street on-ramp in an unmarked area where the lanes merge, California Highway Patrol Officer Peter Van Eckhardt. Read More
A disabled big-rig and the portable building it was hauling are blocking two lanes of eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in San Francisco this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.The No. 2 and No. 3 lanes just west of Seventh Street are closed as the CHP and Caltrans work to remove the big-rig and its load, CHP Officer Peter Van Eckhardt said. Read More
Two would-be jumpers on the Golden Gate Bridge this week were talked down by California Highway Patrol officers.
California Highway Patrol officers talked two would-be jumpers off the eastern ledge of the Golden Gate Bridge on two consecutive days this week. Read More
A big-rig overturned on an off-ramp from southbound U.S. Highway 101 in San Francisco this morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.The solo-vehicle crash was reported at about 9:40 a.m. on the eastbound Cesar Chavez Street off-ramp from southbound Highway 101, CHP Officer Eric Anderson said.The big-rig driver suffered minor injuries in the crash, Anderson said.The overturned 16-wheeler was still blocking the off-ramp as of 10:05 a.m., he said. Read More
All lanes on the Golden Gate Bridge have reopened following a multi-vehicle collision, according to the California Highway Patrol. Southbound lanes were blocked for about 45 minutes by the crash, which was reported at 3:27 p.m. Initial reports indicate the accident, which involved at least three vehicles, was a head-on collision, CHP Sgt. John Carman said. Only minor injuries were reported, but it was unclear how many people were involved. Read More
A truck carrying oxygen tanks struck a wall on the eastbound San Mateo-Hayward Bridge and exploded this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The 26-foot flatbed truck, which was carrying a load of plastic chairs and oxygen tanks, struck a wall midspan and burst into flames at about 10:15 a.m., CHP Sgt. John Carman said. The fire was put out by 10:39 a.m., but the cabin of the truck was destroyed, Carman said. Read More
A drunken truck driver and a drunken bicyclist collided on Saturday night on El Camino Real near Redwood City, leaving the cyclist seriously injured, a California Highway Patrol officer said. Read More
