The California Highway Patrol is responding Friday to a motorcycle crash on eastbound Interstate Highway 80 at the start of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, a CHP officer said.One lane is blocked and motorists should expect delays, CHP Officer Kevin Bartlett said.The crash is a possible hit-and-run, Bartlett said.An ambulance responded to the crash, but information about possible injuries was not immediately available.
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A San Francisco man allegedly led California Highway Patrol officers on a car and foot chase through San Mateo Thursday afternoon, the CHP said.Officers stopped a green Nissan 200 SX on eastbound state Highway 92, officials said. The car exited the highway at Alameda de las Pulgas and came to a stop.
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All lanes of Highway 101 have reopened three hours after hanging phone lines caused the major Peninsula freeway to be closed to traffic.
Traffic remains extremely slow in the area around Millbrae Avenue, just in time for Thursday’s evening commute.
The hazard was first spotted around 3 p.m. after drivers began reporting that the low hanging lines were hitting windshields.
The California Highway Patrol said the lines were active.
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A Vacaville man was airlifted to a hospital on Sunday after a pipe bomb that was hidden in his morning paper exploded, a police spokesman said.At about 10:20 a.m., Vacaville police received a report of an explosion at Cashel Circle, police spokesman Mark Mazzaferro said.When officers arrived, they discovered that when a man went out to get his newspaper it exploded. His condition was not known.
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Two lanes on south Interstate 280 are blocked causing a major traffic backup after a vehicle flipped, according to the California Highway Patrol.The incident occurred around 4:15 p.m. Thursday at the Monterey Boulevard exit, according to CHP.Two vehicles were involved and blocked two lanes. A green Jeep Cherokee reportedly flipped and landed on its driver side doors. The second vehicle is a Black Lexus sedan.
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The 17-year-old boy who survived a jump off the Golden Gate Bridge on Thursday is facing possible jail time and a huge fine for the stunt.
The California Highway Patrol said Friday that it is recommending the boy be charged with misdemeanor trespassing, which is punishable by up to a year in county jail and a fine as high as $10,000.
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An oil slick on state Highway 92 near Skyline Boulevard this afternoon caused a Daly City police motorcycle officer to lose control of the bike, which was then struck by a utility truck, according to the California Highway Patrol.Initially, the CHP received reports at about 4 p.m. of a disabled 2000 Ford utility truck in the eastbound lanes of traffic, Officer Ralph Caggiano said.
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Crews have removed a jackknifed big rig from Interstate Highway 80 in San Francisco this morning, where it blocked three eastbound lanes for nearly four hours, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
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A motorcycle that crashed on the Bay Bridge Thursday afternoon and blocked traffic for about an hour has been cleared from eastbound lanes, a California Highway Patrol officer said.The crash was reported at around 3:45 p.m. and blocked two eastbound middle lanes, CHP Officer Kevin Bartlett said.The motorcyclist suffered minor injuries, Bartlett said.
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A motorcycle crash is blocking two lanes of eastbound traffic on the Bay Bridge Thursday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol officer said.The crash was reported at around 3:45 p.m., CHP Officer Kevin Bartlett said.The motorcyclist suffered minor injuries and two middle lanes are blocked as the crash is cleared.A Sig-alert was issued at 4:20 p.m., and Bartlett said the CHP estimates that the lanes could reopen by 4:45 p.m.
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