Wine-Carrying Big-Rig Overturns On I-880 In Hayward, Causes Major Delays
HAYWARD (CBS SF) – A four-vehicle collision involving a big-rig full of wine disrupted traffic in both directions for seven hours on Interstate Highway 880 in Hayward Friday morning, California Highway Patrol officials said.
At 2:59 a.m. CHP officials received calls reporting the collision on southbound I-880 just south of A Street.
Witnesses reported that a disabled vehicle with its lights off was blocking one lane when a GMC street sweeper hit it, CHP officials said.
Then a 2012 Kenworth big-rig carrying wine swerved to avoid the two vehicles and collided with the center divider, knocking down a highway sign and overturning.
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The truck and trailer blocked all southbound lanes and the fallen freeway sign blocked the northbound lanes.
A 2013 Ford C-Max collided with the big-rig after it came to a stop. The C-Max driver, a 62-year-old Elk Grove man, suffered major injuries.
The 67-year-old driver of the big-rig and a 32-year-old man from Petaluma suffered moderate injuries in the collision.
All northbound lanes were shut down until 7:59 a.m. as crews used a crane to remove the damaged sign, according to CHP officials.
The big-rig was uprighted and taken to the A Street on-ramp to southbound I-880 to have its wine unloaded. All southbound lanes reopened at 10:05 a.m.
The on-ramp reopened at about 1:30 p.m.
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